How Things Change... and Not Always for the Better
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Alexander Hamilton, speech at the New York Ratifying Convention, 1788 "There are certain social principles in human nature, from which we may draw the most solid conclusions with respect to the conduct of individuals and of communities. We love our families more than our neighbors; we love our neighbors more than our countrymen in general. The human affections, like solar heat, lose their intensity as they depart from the centre... On these principles, the attachment of the individual will be first and for ever secured by the State governments. They will be a mutual protection and support. " Even Hamilton, a supporter of a strong federal government understood that which so many seem to either have simply forgotten or chose to ignore. It seems apparent as the progressive movement becomes ever more embedded in the fabric of a nation, the greater the power of the federal government becomes. Part of the progressi...