11-25-2007
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Secretary of Defense
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Member Since: Jun 2006
Location: US, California
Posts: 3,046
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Re: minimum conditions for workers in the US?
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But the idea of an enumeration of particulars which neither explain nor qualify the general meaning, and can have no other effect than to confound and mislead, is an absurdity, which, as we are reduced to the dilemma of charging either on the authors of the objection or on the authors of the Constitution, we must take the liberty of supposing, had not its origin with the latter. The objection here is the more extraordinary, as it appears that the language used by the convention is a copy from the articles of Confederation. The objects of the Union among the States, as described in article third, are "their common defense, security of their liberties, and mutual and general welfare."
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Here is the entirety of the Confederation equivalent to Section Eight, Article First of the US federal Constitution.
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Article III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Source: The Articles of Confederation - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
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Madison was clearly referring to the speciousness, not unlike your own, of the charges being leveled by the Anti-federalists.
Last edited by danielpalos; 11-25-2007 at 11:12 PM.
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