§ Statement of Purpose

The View from 1776 presents a framework to understand present-day issues from the viewpoint of the colonists who fought for American independence in 1776 and wrote the Constitution in 1787. Knowing and preserving those understandings, what might be called the unwritten constitution of our nation, is vital to preserving constitutional government. Without them, the bare words of the Constitution are just a Rorschach ink-blot that politicians, educators, and judges can interpret to mean anything they wish.

"We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution is made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams, to the Officers of the First Brigade, Third Division, Massachusetts Militia, October 11, 1798.

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Friday, July 04, 2008

Bye-Bye to the Fourth of July

Liberal-progressive teachers, from grade school to college, are busily undermining the unwritten constitution of the United States, what Thomas Jefferson called the common understanding throughout the colonies, the views that underlay the Declaration of Independence.

Student activism in the 1960s and 70s began the process of destroying the United States. If our deplorable educational system continues on its present course, Al Queda need only to wait another generation or two to see the final collapse.

Read Classrooms uprooting American heritage.

Posted by Thomas E. Brewton on 07/04 at 11:22 AM
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