Wednesday, March 09, 2005
The Federalist
Remember The Federalist, more commonly known as The Federalist Papers? In the public school system of California, seniors who take Government and Civics are supposed to be familiar with the Numbers 10, 51 and 78. These three papers deal with the idea that the new national government will help protect liberty and prevent control by faction through its federal system, seperate branches, independent judiciary, etc. It is the law that these papers be taught.
What is neither mandated nor mentioned are other papers. Occasionally I will pop off about one of them.
Here is a quote from The Federalist #2:
With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people - a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence.
Somehow, this doesn't sound sufficient multi-cultural for the leftists in our country. But instead of bashing our Founding Fathers, it would be better to adopt their perspective and apply it to the modern world; it is an argument for the melting pot (or Huntington's tomato soup concept). In either case, a common ancestry of ideas and culture is one of the key components of the recipe of success for the United States then and now.
What is neither mandated nor mentioned are other papers. Occasionally I will pop off about one of them.
Here is a quote from The Federalist #2:
With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people - a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence.
Somehow, this doesn't sound sufficient multi-cultural for the leftists in our country. But instead of bashing our Founding Fathers, it would be better to adopt their perspective and apply it to the modern world; it is an argument for the melting pot (or Huntington's tomato soup concept). In either case, a common ancestry of ideas and culture is one of the key components of the recipe of success for the United States then and now.
