Freedom & Liberty Through Consistency

Normally when someone makes a comment to a post on my blog I reply back in the post that it was originally displayed in. However, UrbaneGorilla posted a comment that deserved a full blown post of it’s very own. Anything less would constitute a disservice to all Americans. This post is in response to UrbaneGorilla’s comment on “Original Intent – Instructive Then & Now“:

I never really did understand why people lean so heavily on a document produced 225+ years ago. Not only do we in 2010 not understand the nuances of language back then, but in essence by arguing a strict construction, we are saying in essence that nothing in this world has changed since then. That makes no sense whatsoever. The world has changed and so does the intent of the Constitution otherwise we not only would there be no Amendments, but the prime author, Jefferson would not have said “Every generation needs a new revolution.” Does anyone think he meant “…except you have to hold to a 225 year old document that I scribbled and Ben Franklin modified to appease a reticent Congress.” Please..LOL! UrbaneGorilla

Contrary to the indoctrination and repetitive incorrectness of the Left, the intent and construction of the Constitution does not change. The Constitution is NOT a living document.

Let’s start through an unequivocal demonstration of fact. Radio, Television, and the Internet were not around over 225 years ago yet the First Amendment applies wholly to all three of these mediums. The same can be said about the Fourth Amendment applying to wiretaps.  In fact, you can find example after example throughout the Constitution and apply it to the past, present, and future.

Now let’s take a look at what some of the Founding Fathers had to say as well.

“On every question of construction, (let us) carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying (to see) what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, (let us) conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” Thomas Jefferson

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 45

It is evident from Jefferson’s quote that he is speaking directly to UrbaneGorilla and the comment he made.

Take note as well Progressives, when Thomas Jefferson spoke the words above from UrbaneGorilla’s comment “Every generation needs a new revolution.” we merely have to look at our Declaration of Independence for guidance:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these areLife, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

In other words, the Federal Government nor the tyrannical wishes of a few, have the right to alter or abolish our Government. Only We the People do through our consent.

James Madison speaks directly to what the Constitution is.  A set of instructions to the Federal Government of what very limited powers they have and that States and the people have all other rights, powers, and duties. Federalist Paper No. 45 is an aberration to Progressives because it completely destroys and argument of giving more power to the government over individuals.

If Progressives did not ignore this truth, their tyranny would run rampant and America would not be what it has always been.

In other words, the Constitution and it’s original intent and construction remains streadfast AS the world changes.

Perhaps UrbaneGorilla and others would understand why the majority of Americans rely on a 225+ year old document if they would merely study the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and all the Federalist Papers.

Perhaps all Americans need to go back and understand the greatness of America through close reading and study of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers and our Founding Fathers. We and the World would be better for it.