Posted on 02/08/2010 12:37:57 AM PST by neverdem
Few could fathom why 55-year-old John Jay turned down President Adamss nomination to rejoin the Supreme Court when his two terms as New Yorks governor ended. What would lead him, in the hale prime of life, to retire instead to the plain yellow house hed just built on a hilltop at the remote northern edge of Westchester County, two days ride from Manhattan, where visitors were few and the mail and newspapers came but once a week? After 27 years at the forge of the new nations founding, why would so lavishly talented a man give up his vital role on the world stage for the quiet life of a gentleman farmer?...
(Excerpt) Read more at city-journal.org ...
I was wondering how these men were educated. It’s wonderful learning about them, but who taught them and how?
I am going to share this. Wonderful article.
It was also not uncommon for the wealthier to send their children to England or France for education.
Federalist/Anti-Federalist ping. Old article, but a great read.
Now a bastion of Marxist thought with free speech blocked. How sad.
Back in their day there were fewer diversions in a life that constantly reminded them of the necessity of doing work. I believe it was Jefferson who wrote that if one did not properly plan and work throughout the year they would eat oatmeal all winter.
I actually do have oatmeal almost every morning! But must thank you for the reminder of our great founding fathers on a morning when I worry about 300 Marines surrounded by the desert but only 15 minutes from daesh. Where are those who are taught principle and honor?
Also, love the author. Was shocked that a journal called “City” would have such an editor, but haven’t researched the magazine (just finished and will eventually subscribe). Will be reading the author’s articles and posting one to it’s own thread.
I think Lew is the Freeper with a Columbia ping list. I don’t know how to find him.
Both Jay and Hamilton have buildings named after them in Columbia’s current location. In their day, Columbia was King’s College and located near Trinity Church in the financial district.
Thank you for sharing. Excellent!
As always, thanks for the ping to these interesting articles.
My elitist, moderate mother once said of the Founding Fathers, “They’re irrelevant in today’s world. They may as well be cartoon characters. They certainly weren’t gods.”
Sigh. True story. My mother is sadly uneducated about the FF and extremely intolerant of those who revere them, which includes me. She doesn’t believe in God either, ANY god. So there’s where the trouble begins.
For later...
So much for the neo-Confederate/Birchite claim that Jeffersonian strict constructionism is the "one true" interpretation of the US Constitution.
Ironically, though he opposed the ratification of the Constitution he became a Federalist after it was adopted.
Bookmarked
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