Originally Posted by Omar Rivera
Now again, do any of you know more about the Constitution than the Founding Fathers? Again I will post this, these are facts, not my words, and if you are so blind and do not want to see the truth because of politics, then there is no hope for any of you.
Do you know more about the Constitution or the Founding Fathers?
David Ramsay (April 2, 1749 to May 8, 1815) was an American physician, patriot, and historian from South Carolina and a delegate from that state to the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and 1785-1786. He was the Acting President of the United States in Congress Assembled. He was one of the American Revolution’s first major historians. A contemporary of Washington, Ramsay writes with the knowledge and insights one acquires only by being personally involved in the events of the Founding period. In 1785, he published History of the Revolution of South Carolina (two volumes); in 1789, History of the American Revolution (two volumes), in 1807, a Life of Washington; and in 1809, a History of South Carolina (two volumes).
In 1965, Professor Page Smith of the University of California at Los
Angeles published an extensive study of Ramsay's History of the American
Revolution, in which he stressed the advantage that Ramsay had because
of being involved in the events of which he wrote and the wisdom he
exercised in taking advantage of this opportunity. "The generosity
of mind and spirit which marks his pages, his critical sense, his
balanced judgment and compassion,'' Professor Smith concluded, "are
gifts that were uniquely his own and that clearly entitle him to an
honorable position in the front rank of American historians."
In his 1789 article, Ramsay first explained who the "original citizens"
were, and then defined the "natural born citizens" as the children born
in the country to citizen parents. He said concerning the children born
after the declaration of independence, "[c]itizenship is the inheritance
of the children of those who have taken part in the late revolution;
but this is confined exclusively to the children of those who were
themselves citizens…." He added that "citizenship by inheritance belongs
to none but the children of those Americans, who, having survived the
declaration of independence, acquired that adventitious character in
their own right, and transmitted it to their offspring…." He continued
that citizenship "as a natural right, belongs to none but those who
have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776…."