People's History: The Constitution (Chapter 5)
Music: Mari Therese
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Summary For ALL was writ the Bill of Rights, though cleverly it underwrites, in terms convincing and discreet, the special needs of the elite. Chapter As "we the people" meant the merchants, not the mob, the Constitution framers had the thorny job of serving economic needs with popular support. To say the least, the rich were insecure about democracy. So Adams, Hamilton and pro-Republic forces voiced by Madison supported individual, less potent states that might reduce the blow when protest instigates a fight between two groups; beware democracy, for commoners are error-prone, and tend to be delusional or passive. So the document that formed our country is a testament to masters of duplicity, to men so shrewd that those of meager means would look with gratitude upon provisions offered in the Bill of Rights while Constitutional authority unites the nation as a vital document replete with contract rights and other needs of the elite. |