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WAR
The smell of rotting human flesh was heavy in the air.
It was a something you'd remember for the rest of your life.
War is hell, I've heard. Now I know!
The battle against German troops near a quaint, obscure
French village had been going on for days. This miserable
rain had soaked us to the skin.
Every house in the village had grape vines in their
yards. Yet there was no one to pick beautiful bunches which
seemed to beg to be harvested. The Germans were experts in
booby trapping the vines and many who tried to pick grapes
paid for it with their lives. It isn't very pretty to see
people killed and draped over vines that way.
Suddenly, we heard mortar shells headed in our direc-
tion. We dove for our foxholes. This was a fierce battle
and apparently we had backed the German troops into one of
their supply depots. They never were short of ammunition.
In a momentary lull, we heard voices. To our amaze-
ment, three elderly French people were walking along a road
like they were on a Sunday stroll. They paid no attention
to the foreboding sounds of the shells and bullets. The
roads in this area were built higher than the surrounding
ground to prevent flooding during rain storms. This high
road bed made them look like targets in a shooting gallery.
None of us could believe they hadn't already been wounded or
even killed.
They were absolutely dazed. Two old women and an old
man, in tattered old coats, carrying what they could have of
their possessions.
Two of us ran toward them, keeping our profiles as low
to the ground as we could. They paid no attention to us as
we approached.
"Please," we pleaded with them in our basic French,
"get off this road until the shelling is over. Do you want
to get yourselves killed? There has been enough of that
here already."
They paid no attention to our pleas. They were in a
daze and numb. We finally just grabbed them and pulled them
into the ditch away from the direction of the shells.
"Please, stay here until the shelling stops. We'll let
you know when it's safe to go on."
The older of the two women finally understood what we
were telling them to do. She told the others to stay here
with her until it was safe to go on. We returned to our
positions certain we had the three safe for now.
It was a good feeling we had then. Suddenly the
thought hit me. Here we were in the middle of the French
countryside making the world safe for democracy. We were
killing or being killed. How grand and glorious! Did those
three poor harmless old people know we were here to make the
world safe for democracy?
It really didn't make much sense to me. Our government
had been telling us for years we were fighting an enemy to
make the world safe for democracy. The raving of mad men.
DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST OF ALL POLITICAL EVILS! This
was the consensus of our Founding Fathers. They considered
democracy a dirty word.
James Madison wrote "[D]emocracies have ever been
spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been
found to be incompatible with personal security or the
rights of property; and have in general been as short in
their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
(The Federalist Papers, No. 10. All references to 'paper
no.' in this book are from The Federalist Papers.)
It was an agreement shared by the men who were at the
drafting of our Constitution in May of 1787.
Where does the notion come from that the United States
is a democracy? The word democracy or democratic does not
even appear in our Constitution. Nowhere.
When did they decide we are a democracy? This sounds
ominously like the 'newspeak' which George Orwell spoke of
in his book 1984. World War I and II were billed as wars to
make the world safe for democracy. What a sham put over on
Americans!
Look at our pledge of allegiance. "[A]nd to the
Republic for which it stands. . ." That doesn't say
anything about a democracy, does it?
Yet, this is all we hear today. No one ever mentions
we are a republic. This has been intentional since as James
Madison said, democracies are inconsistent with personal
security or the rights of property. The philosophy of the
IRS!
The word republic is derived from the Latin 'res', a
thing, and 'publicus', belonging to the people.
Webster defines a republic as a nation in which the
supreme power rests in all citizens entitled to vote and
exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirect-
ly, by them and responsible to them.
The people we have elected throughout the years are
trying to convince us that our country is now a democracy.
That way they no longer need to consider themselves respon-
sible to those who elected them. Remember the pay raises?
Perhaps they trying to create the dissension and
turbulence which James Madison cautioned us about.
Another statement heard from government honchos is "We
would like to see a democracy established in such and such a
country." Just a slip of the tongue?
Let's examine some of the notes taken by several people
during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in
1787. One of the best sources is a government publication
titled "Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union
of the American States". (House Document No. 398, 69th
Congress, 1st Session, 1965)
Another book which details the deliberations of the
convention is "Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of
1787" by James Madison. Ohio University Press printed this
book in 1966.
Two points are recurrent throughout the debates and
speeches of the convention. The new government was to be
republican and they despised and feared democracy.
Note particularly Article IV, Section 4 of our
Constitution which states: "The United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of
government . . . ."
Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented the
first plan to the Constitutional Convention. The above
statement was in all three texts of resolutions proposed
including those in secret debates. They never questioned
the republican concept and it's in the document as we can
see.
Dr. James McHenry of Maryland agreed saying, "None of
the state constitutions provide sufficient checks against
democracy."
Alexander Hamilton of New York makes the statement that
we are now forming a republican government.
These were the feelings and convictions of our Founding
Fathers. One of their fears was a democracy could easily
turn into a monarchy. By looking at the period this is
understandable.
Hamilton further observes there are "Two principles in
which Americans are unanimous, (1) attachment to Republican
government and (2) to two branches of legislature." This
same thought was often heard from Col. George Mason of
Virginia.
Neither Gov. Randolph or Col. Mason signed the finished
proposed document. Both felt the power given to Congress by
the document was dangerous. They wanted another convention
to consider the amendments proposed by each state as the
Constitution was ratified. Sadly, this never occurred.
Col. Mason feared the dangerous power and structure of
the government and his conclusion was "that it would end
either in monarchy, or a tyrannical aristocracy; which, he
was in doubt, but one or the other, he was sure." A
tyrannical democracy would be closer to the truth today.
On page 952 of Documents Illustrative of the Formation
of the Union of the American States, we find the following
interesting little story which happened when the convention
was completed: (punctuation added)
A lady asked Dr. Franklin, "Well Doctor, what have we
got? A republic or a monarchy?" "A republic," replied the
Doctor, "if you can keep it."
His admonition was prophetic. We haven't been able to
keep it.
Webster defines a democracy in part as majority rule.
That's precisely what we have today. The majority has found
they can get our elected representatives to violate their
oaths. They pass laws to take money out of the public
treasury to give to those who produce nothing. Democracy
then reigns.
When did this turn about? There is NO authority to
dispense public funds beyond the permission which we
entrusted when we agreed to this business of government.
The supremacy clause is verification . . . "This
Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall
be made in pursuance thereof . . shall be the supreme Law of
the Land;"
There it is in a nutshell. ALL laws made have to
comply with the warrant we granted in the basic document or
they are not laws. This is what makes the command of due
process of law so important. If any law goes beyond the
grant of power, there is no due process of law! And we are
not required to obey such a law.
To hold the feet of the people working for the
federales to the fire, we included the requirement that all
elected Senators and Representatives, as well as anyone who
works for government, take an oath to support the supremacy
of the Constitution. (Art VI, Sec 3).
In paper No.51, Madison states that it is of great
importance in a republic to guard the society against the
oppression of its rulers. It is equally important to guard
one part of society against the injustice of the other part.
We now have part of society not protected against
oppression by rulers or from the injustices of another part
of our society. Another warning not heeded.
Let's take another look at paper No. 57 by Madison:
The House of Representatives are restrained from oppressive
measures in "that they can make no law which will not have
its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well
as the great mass of society . . It creates between them
that communion of interests and sympathy of sentiments of
which few governments have furnished examples; but without
which every government degenerates into a tyranny. If it be
asked, what is to restrain the House of Representatives from
making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a
particular class of society? I answer: the genius of the
whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws;
and, above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates
the people of America -- a spirit which nourishes freedom,
and in return is nourished by it."
"If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to
tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature as well as
on the people, the people will be ready to tolerate anything
but liberty."
It's common knowledge today that Congress passes all
sorts of laws but exempts themselves and their staff from
any requirement to be held accountable. What horse manure!
Madison said the vigilant and manly spirit which
inspires Americans and in turn is nourished by freedom.
This is the spirit which needs to be awakened and rekindled
to restore our Republic.
In the beginning of our history, the republican theory
was alive and well in all branches of government. Even
decisions by the Supreme Court referred to our government as
a republic. Justice Joseph Story summarized it well when he
wrote in about 1837: "The founders of the Constitution laid
the cornerstone of our national republic."
The farther our government strayed from the specific
powers we granted, the idea was spread that America is now a
democracy. Big brother has convinced the people of this
nation that they are doing what is best for us. They are
even going to determine what goes into our pizza or how much
television cable companies can charge customers. They are
showing us they are the hallmark of a great democracy and
thereby gain support for specific welfare and free cheese.
And, they are doing it, getting away with it and we go
along with it. Apparently, it shows our approval.
The introduction to our Constitution shows the objec-
tives for our country when it was established. These
objectives illustrate the spirit and ideals of another great
document, the Declaration of Independence. This introduc-
tory statement is the antithesis of democracy.
Search for the domestic tranquility they sought. We
won't find it at Kent State University or at hundreds of
other oppressive situations which occur throughout our land
each month. Look at the wanton stealing by the IRS with
their audits and seizure of property. Is this promoting the
general welfare? Our elected and appointed officials have
decided power and might are now a right. The people and the
Constitution be damned!
Dr. Benjamin Franklin, on signing the proposed
document, said any government could turn into despotism.
This would happen when the people became so corrupted they
would be incapable of any other. (House Document No.398)
We are almost at that stage today. Are the people so
corrupted we are incapable of anything but a despotic
government? Despotism is an absolute power or influence of
any kind.
Americans are not so corrupted that today we are
incapable of receiving anything but a despotic government.
There is a problem however. We have lost the true purpose
of our republic. This has been intentional on the part of
some people in our government. We must reverse this
tendency and wake Americans to the pitfalls of democracy and
to their birthright of our republic.
If we do not reverse this, we will lose our republic by
default! The road to slavery is devious and slippery. If
we are not watchful, we could wake some morning to find we
are now called the Sovereign State of the United Nations.
Are we already receiving our mental conditioning on TV for
that possibility? Conditioning to become part of the 'New
World Order'?
The principles and ideals established in the preamble
were to be for us and for our posterity. Posterity means
all future generations. What will it be like for our
children or grandchildren should we allow this idea to
perpetuate? Will the distress and conflict of a democracy
continue and increase? One of our duties as a citizen is to
make certain our republican form of government continues.
For evil to continue, good men and women only need to
do nothing. People don't want to get involved. People will
be forcibly involved someday when they have to line up to
have their number tattooed on their arm.
Slaves or a free people? The choice is ours!
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