While your facts are correct, and in the context of the time the
fathers were certainly not "conservative" they do in fact represent
the core beliefs of todays conservative movement. These are personal
freedom AND personal responsibilty, private property rights and most
importantly LIMITED government.
--- On Tue, 4/22/08, paul hatter <jhatt@inreach.com> wrote:
From: paul hatter <jhatt@inreach.com>
Subject: [Roadsters] Founding Fathers
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 8:07 PM
"The founding fathers were conservatives" is a blanket statement which
is
untrue. Within the political climate of the late 18th century the ideas of the
revolution were not considered conservative. The founding fathers covered a
gamut of political ideology. If they had all been conservative John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson would not have had their falling out.(Adams refused to be
present at Jefferson's inauguration.) The political argument was which was
to
hold more power, the federal government, or the states. The Federalists wanted
a strong national government while the Democratic-Republicans wanted strong
state governments. The argument raged until 1865. The civil war was not
initially fought over slavery but, rather, which political entity would be
more powerful. Incidentally, the Republican party was originally the liberal
party. "Free land, free trade, and free men," you can't get any
more liberal
than that. Sorry about the history lesson but this is what I have been doing
for almost 40 years. Paul Hatter
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