Jefferson cited the Tenth Amendment as the “foundation” of the Constitution in opposing the bank. Jefferson said this despite Feldman’s claim that Jefferson wanted the document to sunset anyway. This, of course, would have made his entire argument irrelevant and unintelligible.
One will never hear Williamson’s name mentioned alongside southern political giants like Jefferson, Madison, or Rutledge. Still, the deeds he left behind were unforgettable bright spots in a tumultuous era.
In actuality, the system the founders conceived of valued partisan gridlock as an impediment to the destruction of human liberty and the consolidation of centralized power.
While most of his aims were never actualized, his ideas remain as influential remnants of a forgotten history that should be uncovered at every opportunity. When considering those who propelled the just, honest, and pure principles that define the south, one cannot list many individuals without first mentioning Judah P. Benjamin.
By the words of those who described the amendment to skeptics, only children born to American citizens can be considered as citizens of the United States by birthright.
In the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court decisions, many in the liberty movement have come to a vexing realization – the fact that most people have no problem with edicts, as long as they find favor with the edict in question. However, this type of governance is exactly what Americans are asking for when they allow five unelected political appointees to place binding mandates upon 320 million people.
