ninovitale (@ninovitale)

“The (President) may be induced to join in any dangerous oppressive measure, to shelter themselves, and prevent inquiry into their own misconduct.” Does Anyone Know the Author and Date …...Anyone? Would you be shocked if I told you this was written in a letter to George Washington in 1787 by a man then known as “the wisest man of his generation”, George Mason. Was Mason a prophet who just happen to nail the government we have in place today. No, he was a student of history. He saw the English revolution of 1688 had produced a large, oppressive English empire that the founding fathers then had to fight to get themselves free from. BUT THEN, he saw the same thing happening here, in the United States. He did not fear a union of states with a limited federal government, he feared an “American Empire” which were Patrick Henry’s own words. Did Biden sound like a freedom loving President who trusts open debate? Or did he sound like the leader of an empire ready to repress and stamp out voices he and his handlers deem ‘dangerous and oppressive.” (read MAGA people) Here’s the letter Mason wrote to Washington that I quoted above for your review. I also would point your attention to the line, “(the President) will therefore be unsupported by proper information and advice; and will generally be directed by minions and favorites.” My summary….those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it! Written by George Mason to George Washington in 1787 at the end of the Federal Convention. The President of the United States has no constitutional council (a thing unknown in any safe and regular government.) he will therefore be unsupported by proper information and advice; and will generally be directed by minions and favorites—or he will become a tool to the Senate—or a council of state will grow out of the principal officers of the great departments—the worst and most dangerous of all ingredients for such a council, in a free country; for they may be induced to join in any dangerous or oppressive measures, to shelter themselves, and prevent an inquiry into their own misconduct in office. Whereas, had a constitutional council been formed (as was proposed) of six members, viz., two from the eastern, two from the middle, and two from the southern states, to be appointed by vote of the states in the House of Representatives with the same duration and rotation of office as the Senate, the executive would always have had safe and proper information and advice; the president of such a council might have acted as Vice-President of the United States, pro tempore, upon any vacancy or disability of the chief magistrate; and long continued sessions of the Senate, would in a great measure have been prevented. From this fatal defect of a constitutional council, has arisen the improper power of the Senate, in the appointment of the public officers, and the alarming dependence and connection between that branch of the legislature and the supreme executive. Hence, also, sprung that unnecessary officer, the Vice-President, who, for want of other employment, is made President of the Senate; thereby dangerously blending the executive and legislative powers; besides always giving to some one of the states an unnecessary and unjust pre-eminence over the others.