The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-05-28
Fulfilling Prophecy.


BY the treaty OF peace after the close
OF the American revolution in 1871 each
one Of the thirteen colonies was reor'
ganized by name and acknowled SOW
ereign and independent nation by
Gearg6 III aud the British parliament.
Here were thirteen nations possessed
of all the powers necessary to organize
an army, build navy, declare war,
and enter into treaties of peace and
commerce with other nations occupying
common territory won from British
despotism by the joint efforts and sac
rifces of all with nothing but an air
line between them. OF course it was
human impossibility for these thir-
teen nations to live in peace and amity
so situated. Hence the necessity to
organize government to secure life,
liberty and property to the inhabitants
became manifest tC all. Six years,
from 1881 to 1887, were given to the
discussion of different forms of govern
ment, and this naturally put to work
the old political leaven of the revolu'
tionary period by which the people as
J wings and tories had fought the seven
, years OF war to achieve their independ-
: ence. But now there must be new
I alignment of parties. All eyes were
: turned to Washington to give direction
= to public opinion. He favored feder-
3 alton OF all the states as national gov
3 ernment, reserving to each state all the
Q rights and powers necessary to govern
+ it's own people. To carry out this plan
i all the thirteen nations agreed to elect
q and send to Philadelphia representa-
t tives who, in their stead and in their
Q name, were to consult and agree upon
Q a system of government for all the
Y states as one nation to conduct their
intercourse with other nations, When
the scheme was completed and the con
stitution formed binding all the states
,. in one nation for national purposet
"a they called it The UNITED STATES OF
d AMERICA.
N Thus it may be seen by all who art
ir willing to see and honest enough tt
z, look at things as they are that th'
D. states AS STATES by their chosen repre-
% sentatives CREATED the Federal Gov
H. ernment to be and remain as their pc
ie litical agent and not as their master
ne Here for the first time in the history Q
ed the world did an earnest and intelli
he gent people adopt the fundaments
he principle of representative democrac
a in the creation and organization of th
rn federal government and bind thei
he agent by q written constitution to
'ut their will But unfortunately the stat
to of New York chose q brilliant youn
Englishman by the name of Alexand'
nd Hamilton as one of her representative
lty to execute her sovereign will in ii
to Philadelphia convention. Now th
of Young man Hamilton had been boz
ess and raised to manhood on the Briti'
BILE Island of Nevis and did not have OF
md drop of American blood in his vein
but he did have the highfallutin' ide
YER of the British hereditary aristocrac
red OF course it was reasonable for him
lift think English monarchy was the be
yer form of government established sin
the days of the illustrious Nimro
ing And why not ? Had not his ancestc
on lived under it and loved and admir-
ear it for hundreds of years and stood
,urt and shouted "God save the kin
sVi- when the heads of men like Sidney h
just rolled from the block for uttering
ally word against it?
Naturally all the reconstructed tor
our of the revolutionary period who b
ana fought seven years to hold king
thly the saddle to ride on the backs OF
K. people rallied around this New Y
delegate aud struggled through the
entire session of the convention
ana make the federal government as n
~ ~ like q monarchy as possible Bn
ging majority of the members sided W
inns Washington and Madison, OF Virgin
iake and drew up constitution to def
avot and limit the powers of this fedt
ent. agent of the thirteen states they
onic created. Thus it seems the convent
mp of 1887 by their divided counsels
pJ tho conflicting views gave us a mixed ft
4 af- of government and called it repub
8 it's Thus the supreme court was not tc
q oy elected by the people for cert
term of years, but appointed by
.ho president for life. This was a sin
,own absurdity in a republic and the fl
~ runner of monarchy in the future
,,;a of the nation when the people bee
litor corrupt and Furchasable as others
90 been. This and some other feature
the scheme was so repugnant to Frs
Inns idea OF free government ht
FOR fered an amendment and made sp'
SEYs. in the convention, He said in I