NC Demanded A Standing Army Amendment BEFORE Ratifying. Founders Were NOT War Hawks
Mandeville, LA - In researching the ratifying conventions that approved the U.S Constitution I continue to stumble on nuggets of [r]epublican virture that do not comport with the current "conservative" mythology surrounding "The Founding." Exempli gratia (for the sake of example) consider Amendments IX & X, demanded by the Convention that met in Hillsborough NC from June to August, 1788 and refused to ratify without prior amendments. IX. That no […]