Thursday, April 15, 2010
Battle Cry of Freedom
As I have read this book, the states' rights argument keeps ringing loud and clear to me. Before the south formed the Confederacy, they cried that the states had the rights to make decisions about their livelihood. After the Confederacy was formed the argument continued within the south, especially when the draft was instituted. As I listen to current politics, I continue to hear about states' rights and realize that this argument has been around for 200+ years and will always be an argument in American politics. In the early part of the text, it was said that without a federal government, states' rights would not be possible. It seems that one needs the other but together they have a hard time getting along!
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This reminds me of page 246 BCOF. "The Constitutions bestowed the highest attributes of sovereignty exclusively on the federal government: national defense; foreign policy; regulation of foreign and interstate commerce; coinage of money. Our example for more than eighty years would not only be lost, but it would be quoted as a conclusive proof that man is unfit for self government." Buchanan
ReplyDeleteDeep thoughts. Thanks for teaching me. Our individual "rights" certainly do play a role in the rights of others.
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