The Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution By Rex Barber June 14, 2014
In the Declaration we find the purpose of the American republic. In the U.S. constitution we find its method and operation. They are inseparable from one another. They are one in the same document. Separate them and you can make the U.S. Constitution say what ever you want it to say. That father of pestilence: Which goes by the name of progressivism/Liberalism their response is easy to predict. ("Not so the Declaration was written before the Constitution") Exactly right! The Articles of confederation had failed, to the point of rebellion. A new foundation had to be laid, new political pillars had to be erected to support the Declaration and out of that divine effort the Constitution was formed. Those who have drunk the secret and vial poison from the cup of progressivism/liberalism believe that there is a wide and deep chasm between the Declaration and the Constitution. That the Constitution is Darwinian in nature, a living and breathing document that changes with man's advances. And that your rights change with those advances, That there is no such thing as rights endowed in human nature, that the only privileges you have are the ones decided by Government at any particular point in history. And that it is Government who makes the man, not the individual seeking out his own life liberty and pursuit of happiness. The progressive liberal mind set can be outlined in Franklin D. Roosevelt Common Wealth club address: When referencing the Declaration of Independence he says ("The task of statesmanship has always been the redefinition of these rights in terms of a growing and changing social order") Who can not understand the tyranny he is stating to you! This mind set is still most prevelant today in the progressive/liberal cancerous thought processes. (Inspiration of the Declaration: Calvin Coolidge) About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thought and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights that is final. If Government derives its just powers form the consent of the governed that is final. No advance no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If any one wishes to deny their truths or soundness, the only direction in which you can proceed historically is not forward but backward, toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern but more ancient, than those of the revolutionary fathers. We are the only nation ever formed on one of the most profound laws of nature. Martin Luther King understood this law. As he emphasizes in his "I have a dream" speech. ("I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out its creed, We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal.") These eternal truths that are found in the Declaration of Independence, span the whole volume of human history. And the U.S. Constitution preserves these truths. Allow a division between them and you will progress yourself right back to a time when "We the People" were mere serfs and vassals. Happy 4th of July Ketchikan. Rex Barber About: "I am a fisherman: Expertise -- U.S.citizen" Received June 13, 2014 - Published June 14, 2014 Viewpoints - Opinion Letters:
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