Suicide Watch

There is no doubt that a democracy and a republic are different. Our Founders knew and understood this difference. This knowledge helped them to sculpt chip by chip the eventual guiding principles for the United States of America and to reveal those principles as more than mere words. Consider these two quotes from men who were there when it all began. At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Well Dr. what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic”, replied the Dr. “if you can keep it.”  John Adams, our 2^nd President, also spoke clearly when he was asked about democracy. “Democracy while it lasts is more bloody (sic) than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that does not commit suicide.”

Chip, chip, chip and then it is gone. A nuclear senate is but another chip in the one hundred year assault on our republic’s foundations. While it may appear to you that our republic is still tightly within our grasp, it is, nevertheless, being assaulted by those individuals who would have it changed to a democracy or even a utopia for the greater good and political gain. Our Founders removed chip by chip to reveal a promised lasting beauty. Today’s elected men and their chosen party chip, chip, chip to deface that beauty and to enhance their liberal statist power. If they succeed “We, the People” lose. It really is as simple as that.

Note:  The Alpena News Used this headline: We keep chipping away at our republic.