Constitution Day, September 17, the day Americans celebrate the signing of the Constitution which was then sent to the states for ratification. The numerous attacks on it, it’s founders, and the anarchy in our big cities today should give us cause to reflect upon what a gift it was/is to mankind.
England’s King John was forced to sign Magna Carta, at Runnymede in 1215, by land owners who were done with his tyranny. The Great Charter had 63 clauses, 27 of which are related to the restrictions upon, as well as, the responsibilities of the sheriff. This was part of the foundation of the US Constitution and Liberty in America.
For nearly six thousand years of recorded history governments best described as regimental in nature have dominated man. Only for a few fleeting moments in the past has individual man had anything to say concerning the restrictions placed upon him. Under an occasional benevolent monarchy or an unconcerned king, man has, in rare instances, been left to himself as in Athens, Rome, Runnymede, or in Philadelphia, unusual moments allowing individual freedom to flourish for a time.
Until 1787 man did not know how to free himself from excessive government—the enemy of true liberty. The Constitution harnessed government as never before. Now its wonders are everywhere apparent: magnificent material things, abundance of food, and unheard of leisure, etc. No society upon the earth has been more greatly blessed. None worked so little for so much. The last hundred years have brought such gifts to mankind, which only the insane would have supposed possible 200 years before, and truly America has become, for those willing to work, the envy of all the world—the land of the rich. Even the poorest among us have had a standard of living exceeding the vast majority that ever inhabited the planet.
“… where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3:17
The genius of the American Constitution, other than harnessing the government rather than man, is that it incentivized individual labor and creativity which unleashed tools, which unleashed abundance as never before. Probably at least 80% of the inventions of the planet have come from our soil.
The one message the present generation has not seemed to grasp is that freedom can be lost—even in a single generation. Today we have that generation, oblivious to history, natural law, common sense, morality and the Constitution and likely the most unchurched. A generation believing themselves entitled to someone else’s wealth. The most privileged residents of the earth who have never themselves fought for their own freedom yet are now poised to lose what others died to give them. Perhaps the most ungrateful and ignorant people ever.
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” ― Ronald Reagan
They argue for such things as a Green New Deal which nullifies airplanes, automobiles and tractors, no borders which protects us from invading masses, and reparations which makes the present generation pay money to descendants of those offended 160 years ago. These Neanderthals oppose self-defense by opposing the 2nd Amendment while simultaneously supporting defunding of police which, for those that can still think, means no police which together means no protection for the most vulnerable in society. These would destroy America.
The greatest irony of all human history is that once man, with God’s help, finally discovered the formula for liberty for all, the Constitution, a small portion of this privileged class, university intellectuals and the super-rich like George Soros, using Millennials and students as useful idiots, seek to destroy it for the rest of humanity, perhaps forever.
“The most privileged residents of the earth who have never themselves fought for their own freedom yet are now poised to lose what others died to give them.”
Founding father George Washington. From the National Park Service Museum collection.
This group of history and cultural illiterates have no problem voting by violence. In previous months major Democrat led cities have allowed, even encouraged, acts of anarchy, robbery, pillage, rape and violence against police and small businesses. Antifa and Black Lives Matter easily infiltrated the demonstrations of sincere folks naively thinking themselves advancing social justice and the result was/is buildings and cars ablaze and injured law enforcement officers and citizens. Media outlets on the left refuse to cover such leaving the few on the right to show victims kicked in the head, such is the divide. Bring an “All Lives Matter” sign to a Black Lives Matter gathering and you can expect a beating.
The US Constitution contains the rules and limitations for US government. The Bill of Rights, or first ten Amendments to the Constitution, enumerates the safeguards and liberties protected, guaranteed and secured to the states and to the people. (Click the photo above to view the Constitution text.)
Their obsession with racism, now mostly non-existent, has resulted in their tearing down statues of our greatest constitutional founders, those most responsible for the very freedom the anarchists enjoy. Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of The Declaration of Independence, which allowed our freedom birth experiment, was torn down by a small mob in Portland, Oregon. Four days later, in the same city, the same befell the statue of George Washington our Revolutionary War general, president of the Constitutional Convention, and first president that made liberty and the Constitution possible. Revolutionists draped the American flag around his neck, set it a fire, pulled the statue to the ground, placed another flag over his head and back and set it too afire. These anarchists, their party, and all supporting them hate America, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and liberty for all.
Yes the miracle of the Constitution eventually created the freest and most prosperous society known to man. Ironically it is the sons and daughters of these, the most privileged ever, that if not stopped will destroy it. Remember! Remember! What we have in place before we follow those who choose to lose it.
Dr. Harold Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College.
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