Have you ever read The Federalist Papers? The authors were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Hamilton was first Secretary of the Treasury in George Washington's Administration. Madison is the principal author of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights, leader in the 1st Congress, and 4th President of the US. Jay was President of the Continental Congress, 1778-79 and first Chief Justice of the United States, 1789-95. All three of these men are considered members of the Founding Fathers. The Federalist Papers can be found at http://www.foundingfathers.info/.
There are a number of prophetic statements or predictions in these documents. In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton wrote "Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a certain class of men in every State to resist all changes which may hazard a diminuation of the power, emolument, and consequences of the offices they hold under the State establishments; and the perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusion of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies than from its union under one government." (All italics in this article are mine.) I believe this is a perfect definition of today's professional politician - at any level.
Hamilton continues with, what turns out to be a description of today's progressives, to write that "A torrent of angry and malignant passions will be let loose. To judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince the justness of their opinions, and to increase the number of their converts by the loudness of their declamations and the bitterness of their invectives...History will teach us that (these men) has found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism..., and that of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants." I'm sure that you can take that description and put names of politicians to it. I know that I can.
In Federalist No. 2, John Jay writes "Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government, and it is equally undeniable, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers." This doesn't mean that we actually give up these rights, simply that we have delegated the authority to carry them out to the government. The responsibility to ensure these powers are not abused is still ours!
Jay goes on to write "That body (the Continental Congress) recommended certain measures to their constituents, and the event proved their wisdom; yet it is fresh in our memories how soon the press began to teem with pamphlets and weekly papers against those very measures." Thus we have the 200+ year ideology of the Washington Post, New York Times, and San Francisco Chronicle to name just a few!
He continues in Federalist No.3 that "Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their SAFETY seems to be the first." Why don't the people in the southwest border states understand that? Napolitano was right when she said the border was more secure than it had ever been. I mean, what the heck, we haven't had a Border Patrol Officer killed since yesterday!!!! Jay says that "At present I mean only top consider it as it respects security for the preservation of peace and tranquility, as well as against dangers from FOREIGN ARMS AND INFLUENCE, as from dangers of the LIKE KIND arising from domestic causes." I can't help but believe that the Secretary of Homeland Security has never read the Federalist nor the Constitution nor her job description.
In the same issue Jay stated "Because when once an efficient national government is established, the best men (sic) will not only consent to serve, but also will generally be appointed to manage it:..." In that regard I would've expected the President to appoint, and the Senate to confirm, better Cabinet officers than he did. Treasury Secretary Geithner was in violation of Federal Tax Laws; Attorney General Holder doesn't understand that his job to protect Americans, not Muslims, nor is he supposed to meddle in affairs that rightfully fall under the purview of the States; Secretary of Labor Sollis was a union activist and Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius would be better off running Canada's health program than ours. Secretary of Education Duncan came from the Chicago school system, that's a system that knows how to run an education program isn't it? Secretary Napolitano, 'nuff said. I believe that if Supreme Court Justice John Jay had to work with Sonia Sotomayer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Ginsberg, and Stephen Breyer he'd have fought to make Washington King!
There were 85 articles in the Federalist. I'm not going to discuss all of them, but I will continue to discuss parts of most of them. All I can say is having read the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Federalist Papers I seriously believe that none of the "Founding Fathers" would recognize our current government as being a descendant of their government.
God Bless and Protect us all.
Gunner Sends
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