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In May of 1776 the Colony of Virginia held a convention to determine the course of action that Virginia would take in the rapidly deteriorating crisis with the English Crown and Parliament. On May 14, 1776 sitting as a Committee of The Whole the question of Independence was discussed. Archibald Cary was presiding and Thomas Nelson introduced a resolution marked “No. 1” which was in Patrick Henry’s hand writing. There were three different resolutions, but only “No. 1,” the one written by Patrick Henry proposed that Congress be asked to make for all the Colonies a “clear and full declaration of independency.”

Mr. Galles also noted that: "One of the most insightful of the Antifederalists was Robert Yates, a New York judge who, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, withdrew because the convention was exceeding its instructions. Yates wrote as Brutus in the debates over the Constitution. Given his experience as a judge, his claim that the Supreme Court would become a source of almost unlimited federal over-reaching was particularly insightful."

Professor Marshall L. DeRosa, in his 1991 "The Confederate Constitution of 1861:An Inquiry into American Constitutionalism", notes that the primary objection of those opposing this new Constitution, lay in its ambiguity concerning the "locus", or place, in which ultimate sovereignty resided. Sovereignty, of course, denotes supreme political authority, which the Antifederalists were anxious to preserve to their States.

Gary North, in his book "Political Polytheism" observed that "...the Constitution removed Christian religious tests as the judicial requirement of the judges and officers of the new national government. That, in and of itself, delivered the republic into the hands of the humanists. Nothing else was necessary after that. From that point on, the secularization of America was a mopping-up operation." That's a much different assessment than most of us get of the Constitution, even in Christian circles. I must admit that when I first saw North's book I was a little hesitant about his thesis and where he was coming from. As the years have passed I have become less so.

It seems that, under the Articles of Confederation, there were states rights, as each state was considered sovereign and independent. However, with the ratification of the new constitution, that seems to have disappeared. Historian Clarence Carson has noted that, regarding the Articles of Confederation: "This bent, or tradition can be traced to many sources. Americans were, above all, a people of the book--the written word--the Bible. There was the Puritan idea, too, of the Covenant, an agreement between man and man and between man and God...Colonists had drawn their own political agreements, such as the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut...Once the colonies had broken away from England, the only historical allegiances that remained were to the states and localities...At any rate, there should be no doubt that the government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation was brought into being by the states."

However, over the years, events have changed my thinking.

For many years, when I first got into all the events that have helped to shape the direction I have gone in, I had a good friend, and sometimes mentor, Pastor Ennio Cugini, of the Clayville Church in North Scituate, Rhode Island, half a country and a whole culture away from where I am now. Pastor Cugini had a radio broadcast in Rhode Island called "The Victory Hour" which he used vigorously to expose the machinations of Communists and socialists, both in government and in the churches (yes, they were, and are, in the churches). He was also an avid reader of history. You have to be to be able to deal with what has gone on in this country for over two centuries.

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The Georgia League of the South is pleased to announce their 2011 State Meeting. The theme of this year's gathering will be "Preparing For Independence."

While it is receiving very little attention the 10^th Amendment is being tested in a case currently before the Supreme Court (See Bond v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 455 (2010)). Not only will this case in some way, “redefine” the current day meaning of the 10^th Amendment - it is also an excellent example of the “warnings” of the Anti-Federalists.

In the very early days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the delegates, the framers of the Constitution made a deliberate and conscious decision to discontinue a federated form of government and to replace it … let me emphasize … REPLACE IT … with a national form of government in their deliberations.

Most of us – especially myself – have believed most of our lives – the intent of the Framers of the Constitution was to give us a “federated” form of government. If you too have believed this during your life you will either find this series of article educational or will dislike them very much.

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The League of the South, is proud to announce that we will be holding our 17th National Conference on the 8th and 9th of October AD 2010. The venue for our gathering will be the Atlanta Airport Hilton which is conveniently located near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Admission for both days of the event is only $50 per individual; $75 per couple; and $100 per family. We encourage everyone to pre-register now using your credit card or PayPal account.

Floyd, Virginia – Thomas Moore, Chairman of the Southern National Congress, announced today that Mr. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, will be the keynote speaker at the Third Southern National Congress (SNC), which will convene November 12-14, 2010, at Montgomery Bell State Park near Dickson, Tennessee. His address to the SNC Delegates will be “America in Crisis: a Southern Solution.” He will focus the traditional Southern principles of state sovereignty, nullification, and interposition as the only practical and peaceful solution to Federal encroachments on our liberties.

If you’re a Southerner of good will and good character and meet the qualifications below, the SNC Board of Governors invites you to apply to become a Delegate to the Southern National Congress.  Come join the Three Hundred at the Third. 

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