Absolute Power Back Then Caused Serious Consequences Today
Lincoln’s Anti-Constitutional Revolution: The Destruction of The Republic of Republics.
The concept of “The Sovereignty of the People through the States” is deeply embedded in the history of American political thought and Constitutional Principles. This Principle emphasizes the distribution of power between the federal government and the States, highlighting the significance of federalism.
The Founding Fathers believed that the government derives every bit of its power from the Consent of the governed. This Principle was crucial in the Declaration of Independence from British rule and was foundational in the drafting of the Constitution.
In 1795, 5 years after the final State ratified the Constitution, Justice William Patterson expounded upon the recognition of Sovereignty expressed by the People through their respective States:
“What is the Constitution? It is the form of government delineated by the mighty hand of the People, in which certain first principles of fundamental law are established. The Constitution is certain and fixed: it contains the permanent will of the People, and it the Supreme Law of the Land; it is paramount to the will of the Legislature and can be REVOKED or ALTERED only by the Authority that made it. The life-giving principle and the death-doing stroke must proceed from the same hand.”
The Constitution established a system of federalism, where governing powers are defined specifically between the federal and State governments. This system was designed to prevent the concentration of power and protect…