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To: RKBA Democrat
The Federalists thought it unnecessary

It is sad to see someone miss the beauty of the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution.

There were arguments for and against including a Bill of Rights. As you can see, they were able to reach agreement and ratify the Bill of Rights.

Unfortunately, many Americans believe the Constitution is about them. It is not, it is about how government is to function within their enumerated powers. The title, "Bill of Rights" is a bit misleading because it bestows zero rights to the people. The Bill of Rights protects the peoples' rights from government interference; it does not grant rights.

The Preamble to the Bill of Rights is clear but not many American are even aware of the words, which are worth noting.

The Preamble to the Bill of Rights

Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

"The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.”

11 posted on 07/04/2014 5:21:03 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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To: MosesKnows

“It is sad to see someone miss the beauty of the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution.”

Oh, I appreciate those other documents. The Federalist papers....not so much. It’s plain to me that monarchism was baked into the cake fairly early on and that the Federalists were its most outspoken proponents. The most famous person to point that out at the time was Patrick Henry.


12 posted on 07/04/2014 6:27:04 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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