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George Washington letter on God and the Constitution surfaces
Fox News ^ | February 11, 2019 | James Rogers

Posted on 02/11/2019 2:55:52 PM PST by jazusamo

A letter on God and the Constitution written by George Washington is up for sale after spending decades in a private collection.

The letter to Richard Peters, speaker of the Pennsylvania Constitution, is signed Sept. 7, 1788, and praises God for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Written a week after Washington told Alexander Hamilton that he would likely accept calls to assume the presidency, the letter came at a time when the Constitution was under attack. Some states wanted to hold a second Convention that may have undermined the Constitution.

“It would seem from the public Gazettes that the Minority in your State are preparing for another attack of the – now – adopted Government; how formidable it may be; I know not,” Washington wrote. “But that Providence which has hitherto smiled on the honest endeavors of the well meaning part of the People of this Country will not, I trust, withdraw its support from them at this crisis.”

The letter praises God for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 17880907; alexanderhamilton; constituion; constitution; georgewashington; godandcountry; godsgravesglyphs; history; pennsylvania; richardpeters; theframers; thegeneral; therevolution
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1 posted on 02/11/2019 2:55:52 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 02/11/2019 2:58:00 PM PST by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: jazusamo

Anything written by Washington is already discounted as “the ramblings of a deranged, slave-owning, racist cracker” by the marxist left. The left will make all of the founding father go the way of the confederate statues and christopher columbus.


3 posted on 02/11/2019 2:58:32 PM PST by Levy78
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To: jazusamo; Army Air Corps
He was the first and remains the greatest American.

Someday, people will sadly think of him as only a myth :(

Because such a great and good a man could not possibly have existed.

4 posted on 02/11/2019 2:58:41 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ping SunkenCiv.

My previous post:

He was the first and remains the greatest American.

Someday, people will sadly think of him as only a myth :(

Because such a great and good a man could not possibly have existed

5 posted on 02/11/2019 2:59:37 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: kalee

Ping


6 posted on 02/11/2019 2:59:48 PM PST by nnn0jeh
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To: jazusamo

Kind of does away with the lefts theory that Washington did not mention God


7 posted on 02/11/2019 3:00:56 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: jazusamo
Ambassador to U.N, Charles Malik: “The good in the United States would never have come into being without the blessing and the power of Jesus Christ….I know how embarrassing this matter is to politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and cynics: but whatever these honored men think, the irrefutable truth is that the soul of America is at its best and highest, Christian.”
8 posted on 02/11/2019 3:01:09 PM PST by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: Levy78

Sure, and they also believe in the existence of several dozen genders.


9 posted on 02/11/2019 3:01:15 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: jazusamo

” Some states wanted to hold a second Convention that may have undermined the Constitution.”

George Washington’s home state of Virginia had some very prominent opponents to the Constitution... “Anti-Federalists”... Patrick Henry and George Mason being among them.

Washington of course wanted the Constitution... the series of events that ultimately led to the Constitution replacing the Articles of Confederation began with George Washington wanting to build a canal along the Potomac River.


10 posted on 02/11/2019 3:02:13 PM PST by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: All
The Letter
11 posted on 02/11/2019 3:04:14 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: blueyon
Kind of does away with the lefts theory that Washington did not mention God

Amen!

12 posted on 02/11/2019 3:06:12 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Levy78

Yes Indeed.

And I encourage any snowflake or SJW with pieces of paper with pictures of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and other racists to get rid of all such items immediately.

Their best option is to empty their wallets and send those offending pieces of paper to me. I promise to handle them appropriately.


13 posted on 02/11/2019 3:06:18 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: blueyon

More often they want to claim that Washington was a deist rather than a Christian... George Washington was in fact a founding member and vestryman of Christ Church in Alexandria.


14 posted on 02/11/2019 3:06:35 PM PST by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: Pelham

Most deists at that time considered themselves Christians.


15 posted on 02/11/2019 3:10:21 PM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

Even Unitarians at the time were essentially Christian.


16 posted on 02/11/2019 3:13:45 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: jazusamo

Full letter you can zoom in on...

https://www.raabcollection.com/presidential-autographs/washington-god-constitution

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17 posted on 02/11/2019 3:14:44 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: jjotto

Yes!


18 posted on 02/11/2019 3:18:11 PM PST by Reily
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To: KC_Lion

First in war, first in peace... He understood and recognized ability in others, and wasn’t afraid to delegate. And he learned from his mistakes.

sidebars:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2310022/posts?page=2#2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2225205/posts?page=13#13


19 posted on 02/11/2019 3:19:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks KC_Lion.

20 posted on 02/11/2019 3:23:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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