Oddly, so did the Founders....
Oddly, so did the Founders....
Uh, I believe that in their time, they were actually proponents of thirteen free states. But they certainly had high hopes for the political adventure upon which they were embarking, and the Constitution they eventually adopted contained the provisions that made the addition of more states than they'd originally gathered a possibility.
They were, indeed, farsighted. I do not intend to stand by and do nothing and watch as the gifts they presented us are devoured by insects or diluted to nothinglessness.
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