The Second American Revolution: Alter or Abolish?
Allison Bricker
Does the current loss of liberties at the hands of an ever-growing /corrupt government compare to the long train of abuses endured by the Founding Generation? Managing Editor of “Republic Magazine”, Mr. Gary Franchi, tasked me with investigating this very question for the magazines current special issue entitled “The Second American Revolution”.
The following is an excerpt from my feature article, entitled “Alter or Abolish?” as it appears in the current fifteenth issue, now available in both hard copy and digital format.
…dedicating the bulk of the Declaration to the actions of the King and not the King’s character or personality, Mr. Jefferson’s eloquent and well-reasoned intellect succeeded in guarding against the American cause falling victim to accusations of being based upon “light or transient Causes”.
Several historians note, this concentration on substance succeeded in not only unifying large numbers of previously ambivalent colonists, but also helped rally French sentiment towards the cause for independence. The Declaration of Independence was well received in France by both the general population and aristocracy as the culmination of Enlightenment philosophy as well as a counter to well known British tyranny.
…a similar review of our contemporary political climate and ever-encroaching government contrasted against the tyranny endured by the founding generation can serve a proper barometer as to the level of our oppression and to the illegitimate government revocation of our inherent liberties.
Original text: “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance”.
- The Central Authority continues to construct and expand a litany of bureaucracies that perpetually dispatch agents to interfere and plague the people with unending decrees and regulations. Simultaneously, the Central Authority plunders the fruits of the People’s labor in order to service odiously created debt, imposed by and to the sole benefit of, a small cartel of private bankers.
Original text: “He has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the Inhabitants of our Frontiers”
- The Office of the Executive through its plain and seemingly Purposeful lack of Enforcement of current Laws of Naturalization, has sought to excite Jealousy and Hatred amongst the People thereby leading to the kneejerk reactionary Scapegoating of Peoples of Hispanic ethnicity.
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