The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-09
Gods Country

There is one event in our history
that gave US the greatest heritage
that has fallen to any people in the
history of the world. It's making was
the greatest human achievement
since the creation and marked the
greatest event of six thousand years
Of world history save only the birth
of Christ
Picture the condition of the country
before the constitution was written.
The mob drove our Congress from
Philadelphia into New Jersey. Shay's
rebellion assaulted the court house in
the state of Massachusetts. Money
was worth two and one-half cents on
the dollar. We had no credit any
where. Grave concern was on every
side and many of the people wanted
to abandon further effort of indie
pendence and turn back to the mon
arches of Europe.
In that black hour of chaos and
darkness, fifty-five men sat in Phila-
delphia in a constitution convention.
After five weeks of futile effort,
looking over the history Of govern
ments of the world they found a
startling fact. After reviewing the
centuries of history prior to the con-
stitution they found no country to
which the historians could point and
truthfully say there was a govern
ment that worked well and was a
success. After five weeks of futile
effort to get ideas from six thousand
years of world history of govern
ments that worked we'll in any coun-
try they still found no fundamental
ideas they could agree upon. They
were discouraged and felt defeated
They were ready to abandon the great
purpose for which they had met. In
a heated discussion when they were
about to move to adjourn and end the
convention, Benjamin Franklin arose
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