Saturday, March 17, 2012

Founding Fathers, Federalist Papers, and Unity

Dinner Topics for Monday

Perils of Disunity

“. . . the Founders knew people were imperfect. My concern is not only us trying to seek perfection, but we’re embracing the utopian notion that we can actually find this great Pied Piper who is going to lead us. There are no Pied Pipers. There are great statesmen who can certainly help us, like Reagan, like Churchill, like Thatcher, and so forth—but they would have been the first to tell you that they’re not perfect. We don’t have to have perfection; there is no such thing.” ~Mark Levin

Principled Opposition: Think Again!

James Madison, co-author of Federalist Papers
Today we are seeing a disturbing extent of infighting in the Republican Party. Some so-called “conservative” political action groups are expending considerable resources and energy to derail certain Republican candidates and some incumbent Republicans, even using false statements, while doing little to target socialist policies and politicians. There are varying degrees to which current candidates defend and adhere to the principles which undergird conservatism. However, if we are looking for the perfect candidate, there is no such thing.

Constitutional scholar Mark Levin reminds us, “. . . the Founders knew people were imperfect. My concern is not only us trying to seek perfection, but we’re embracing the utopian notion that we can actually find this great Pied Piper who is going to lead us. There are no Pied Pipers. There are great statesmen who can certainly help us, like Reagan, like Churchill, like Thatcher, and so forth—but they would have been the first to tell you that they’re not perfect. We don’t have to have perfection; there is no such thing.”

From History—The Federalist Papers

These groups would do well to look beyond their egos and sometimes narrow concerns and do their history homework. Speaking of the Founders, think of one reason The Federalist Papers were written. Speaking to individuals and groups of his time with similar issues, Hamilton explains that if we are not careful, “we shall be driven to the alternative either of taking refuge at once in the arms of monarchy, or of splitting ourselves into an infinity of little, jealous, clashing, tumultuous commonwealths, the wretched nurseries of unceasing discord and the miserable objects of universal pity or contempt.” We see here that human nature remains the same in any era.

The Federalist Papers is a collection of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, defending and promoting the United States Constitution. In essay number 9, Hamilton discusses how the Articles of Confederation were weak because there was no unity. He describes numerous reasons how this disunity would make the country vulnerable to the whims of other more powerful nations.

“Some of the writers who have come forward on the other side of the question [being opposed to the Constitution] seem to have been aware of the dilemma; and have even been bold enough to hint at the division….as a desirable thing. Such an infatuated policy, such a desperate expedient, might. . . . answer the views of men who possess not qualifications to extend their influence beyond the narrow circles of personal intrigue, but it could never promote the greatness or happiness of the people of America. ~Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 9

To use energy and resources to defeat someone because of an “infinity of jealousies and wretched discord” is the height of dangerous foolishness. It is a sure way to guarantee another four years of destructive socialist policies. After three years of disastrous tyranny, can we survive another four years? Especially if we bring it on ourselves by contention and strife within our own ranks? If we do not defeat the Obama regime because of this egotistical divisiveness, we will have no one to blame but ourselves. And what will we tell our grandchildren?

Conservatives Be Warned: Do Not Commit the Unforgivable

If re-elected, this present tyrannical regime will have nothing stopping them, even to the overthrowing of our system, to reign unchecked. They ignore the Constitution now. If you fail to seize this opportunity to reclaim our culture of liberty because of an “infinity of little, jealous, clashing, tumultuous” egotism, then you will commit the unforgivable sin of allowing us to remain subjected to four more years of the most unspeakable evils in our entire history. Do you want to be the cause of—even the demise of our nation as a free and sovereign republic?

©2012 by Christine Davidson


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