The democratic element in our republic was limited to voting for reps to make laws on our behalf. This fulfilled the Declaration’s maxim that just government is derived from the consent of the governed. This consent is one of several tools in the Framers’ design that provided the means to secure unalienable rights. Others include an independent senate appointed by the states, and a president elected by either leading men in the community or the House of Representatives.
Umm, let’ start here: Are the words “democrat,” or “democracy” found in the Declaration, Constitution or the Pledge? So why do numbskulls continue using the terms?
The author bemoans “the repeal of Jim Crow”? Am I missing something? I hope so because sorry but that’s just wrong.
Well we’ve been advocating democracy in other countries and even trying to install it.