FREEDOM IS FOR THE LIVING

By Timothy N. Baldwin, JD.
June 23, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

Two hundred and twenty years ago, the United States Constitution was ratified by a convention of delegates in the several thirteen states, comprised mostly of an agrarian and Christian culture--back before train tracks were laid across this continent; when the West was considered to be uninhabitable for civilization for another thousand years;[1] before electricity was a usable product; when travel was more than merely inconvenient. Not without serious resistance from some of the most intelligent, noble and articulate statesmen of the day, the United States Constitution became the ratified form of government to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and for their posterity. Now that they are gone and their posterity is living, the question of slavery or freedom is once again being brought to the forefront of history.

Some in America say we should “get back to the constitutionâ€