Saturday, September 18, 2010

Papering Over Madison

From Madison's Federalist #10:

The Federalist #10: "The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States. A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the Confederacy; but the variety of sects dispersed over the entire face of it must secure the national councils against any danger from that source. A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire State."
Ah, yes. The architect of the Constitution knew quite well what was wicked, no? A cogent summary of the entire progressive project of the last 100 years. Written in 1787. And how was he papered over? Two amendments starting here. And at the same time the Fed and the decline into paper money was created, which everyone assumes was covered by a constitutional amendment but was not.

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