You need to do some research on the laws of that time before you make those kinds of assertions. The original 13 states were NOT libertarian in any way. Nor was the Federal Government. The only change from then to now is the country has 100 times the population and most of the laws the original states had in place are long gone. - 289 -
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You contradict yourself in the underlined quotes.
The federal constitution was quite libertarian, as you infer in 288, then you reverse yourself at 289.
In any case the constitution became a much more libertarian document with the ratification of the 14th amendment in 1868. -- And, - as you note, many of the western states admitted in that era were also libertarian in spirit, & still are.
There is in fact, -- a resurgence of libertariansm in this republic, not a 'fall', -- and that is exactly why so many Rinos on this thread are going ape.
God what a dipstick. The 14th Amendment was the single largest power grab by the Feds in our history. BTW I spent a couple of days cleaning my guns. Have you dug yours up lately?