The Founders were the upper tier of American society. In fact it is laudable that some many of the Founders lost heavily from their involvement in the Revolution. “Our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor,” wasn’t just rhetoric. Look at the way that Benedict Arnold took after the rebel leaders during his excursions in Virginia.
Read my Post 292 again and quit trying to sell me the liberal view of the Founders. Soap makers weren’t the upper tier of society.