“The origin of all civil government, justly established, must be a voluntary compact, between the rulers and the ruled; and must be liable to such limitations, as are necessary for the security of the absolute rights of the latter; for what original title can any man or set of men have, to govern others, except their own consent? To usurp dominion over a people, in their own despite, or to grasp at a more extensive power than they are willing to entrust, is to violate that law of nature, which gives every man a right to his personal liberty; and can, therefore, confer no obligation to obedience.” – Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775
The Editors’ Quote Of The Day
1) While I agree with the content of the quote, I would also note that Alexander Hamilton was an extremely deceitful man despised and mistrusted by 4 of the first 5 Presidents of the USA and largely used for political purposes by the other one –George Washington.
2) Hamilton’s arguments in the Federalist were largely done to undermine attempts to include a Bill of Rights in the Constitution — as well as other checks and balances that would restrain his rich patrons. Hamilton argued, for example , that the President should be President for LIFE.
3) Hamilton’s Federalists passed the Sedition Act of 1798 that made it a CRIME to criticize the federal government. He was largely a puppet for the Rich who thought the country should be run by the people who own it. That is what made the Liberals attempted use of him to attack Trump and Pence after the recent election so hilarious — Jefferson and James Madison founded the Democratic Party to OPPOSE Hamilton’s creeping tyranny.
4) Prior to ratification of the new Constitution, Hamilton argued that a Bill of Rights was NOT needed because the federal government could only do what it was narrowly authorized to do in the Constitution. AFTER the Constitution was ratified, Hamilton then turned 180 degrees and created the Doctrine that the Federal Government could do ANYTHING that could somehow be tied to one of the tasks assigned to it , unless the action was expressly prohibited in the Constitution.
5) It was Treasury Secretary Hamilton who executed the first Big Bailout for the Rich — suddenly and surprisingly proclaiming that the federal government would redeem near-worthless bonds issued during the Revolution at full face value — a profitable gain of 700 percent. Decades laters, historians discovered that Hamilton’s rich father-in-law, political allies and favored members of Congress had been tipped off well in advance. The widows and orphans of Continental soldiers, of course, were left in the dark.
6) Hamilton paid for the bailout by heavy taxes on small farmers — the tax on corn whiskey. He put down the subsequent Whiskey Rebellion by military force.
7) This country would be much better off today if Aedanus Burke had blown Hamilton’s head off in 1790 but Hamilton evaded Burke’s challenge to a duel and Hamilton’s congressional allies pressured Burke into accepting Hamilton’s apology for insulting the Southern militia.
8) Even the liberal journal The Nation mocked today’s corrupt Democrats who are now praising the corrupt Hamilton. The very role model for the self-serving Clintonians.
https://www.thenation.com/article/forget-the-musical-alexander-hamiltons-real-legacy-is-the-poverty-stricken-city-he-founded/