Norman C. Schell: U.S. Constitution not to be trifled with

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Published: 12-31-2024 10:54 AM |
On Sept. 17, 1787, The Constitution of the United States was signed. A new, structurally united republic was placed upon the forge of history, where previously a loose confederation of independent “colonial states” had squabbled. A new nation fashioned “Out Of Many, One”; and a Constitution “Of, By and For the People.” The forging of our Constitution being overseen and nurtured by the father of his country, the American ”Cincinnatus,” Gen. George Washington.
The Electoral College stands as one of the central pillars of our Constitution, our republic, and our liberties. The rationale of the college is central to the very concept of the Republican system of government. Its creation was strongly influenced by the inter-tribal councils of the Iroquois Confederacy.
It is the guarantor of the rights of the minority. It stands as a final bulwark against a “tyranny of the majority.” The “tyranny of the majority,” and “factional party-ism” were identified by the Founders of our nation as the two greatest threats to a peaceful and equitable democratic republic, and the resultant individual liberty.
I will remind the reader of the election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln won the election via the Electoral College, with only a plurality of the popular vote. This was the election that resulted in the end of slavery in the United States.
Our Constitution is the benchmark for all other constitutions. It is a sacred trust from the fathers of our liberty. It is not to be trifled with by dilettantes and ”party-ists.” The ”party-ists” simply propose a lobotomy of our Constitution in order to satisfy their rampant party-ism, and feed an unrelenting hunger for political hegemony. They make themselves enemies of the republic. They represent the very reason for the institution of an Electoral College in our Constitution. Only traitors and tyrants will tamper with our Constitution.
Norman C. Schell
Greenfield
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