Posted on Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:47:36 AM by Scanian
The current American system of government, the one created by our Constitution, was formed out of thirteen sovereign states. Among all the myriad threats to our liberty, the disintegration of the independent rights of state governments is, in many ways, the most dangerous threat.
"States' rights" has gotten a bad name. This vital principle of American government has been linked to Dixiecrat racism and thug rule by local bosses. The reality is very different. States are the best agents for protecting the rights of minorities. The mashing of states into lifeless appendages of the federal government poses dangers for freedom and for the rights of the oppressed.
Mormons were hounded across our nation until they settled in Utah and the Rocky Mountain region. Once safe, Mormons became patriotic and productive Americans. Their faith was protected by a powerful local political influence. People who admired the values of Mormons could live happily in Utah; those who wanted a different lifestyle could live anywhere else.
Jews and Catholics left Europe to escape persecution. They found sanctuary in America, but more specifically Jews and Catholics found governments sympathetic to their culture, faith, and interests in the industrial, urbanized North. Jews, Irish, and Italians established their own version of America in those cities and states.
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