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Tag: Federalist

Madison predicted current political affairs

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue May 04, 2010 at 02:03:22 PM EST
Tags: Republican, RINO, Federalist, Discussion, LOL (all tags)

Lets consider that when we elect our representation, we expect both adherence to rule of law, and to conservative principles that most who come here understand. Countless arguments exist about big tents, relaxing standards, or tolerance to "new ideas" in the Republican party in Michigan and elsewhere.

Our founders were quite prescient however as seen by the words of Madison on the conformity to "Republican" Principles going forward. From The federalist papers No. 39.

"The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican. It is evident that no other form would be reconcilable with the genius of the people of America; with the fundamental principles of the Revolution; or with that honorable determination which animates every votary of freedom, to rest all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government. If the plan of the convention, therefore, be found to depart from the republican character, its advocates must abandon it as no longer defensible."

Madison felt that Republican form of government served the people best, and to proceed with the convention sans IT being the premise of the new government, would be folly. The premise of the new government was as a Republic. The plan was to follow a set of limitations on government established by the constitution. It was NOT a "democracy."

39 is also a discussion of how we would have a mix of "national" and Federal" types of powers. But for this little peek into the past, lets pick off a small section..

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