Posted on 03/30/2014 1:48:21 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
On October 3rd, 1910, at a campaign rally at the Taylor Opera House, Woodrow Wilson said the following:
If you elect me I will be an unconstitutional Governor in that respect. I will talk to the people as well as to the Legislature, and I will use all moral force with that body to bring about what the people demand. I am going to take every important debate in the Legislature out on the stump and discuss it with them. If the people do not agree, then no harm will be done to the legislators, but the people will have their way in things. This is serving the spirit of the Constitution.I have heard of such a thing as 'the Beard of Guardians'. Is that the constitutional body Mr. Lewis will obey? If it is, the Constitution ought to be changed. The Governor is elected in this State, and if he does not talk the people have no spokesman. I welcome upon the platform any politician who wants to talk. If you elect me your governor I propose to be your spokesman.
I have posted several times about Wilson's pledge to be an unconstitutional governor, but as I am usually good about doing,(when I find them) I wanted to post another article on the same topic to show how it was not just a one time comment on his part. I particularly like this line about "no harm being done to the legislators", which on the one hand carries plenty of implications on its own. On the other the more important follow up question is something along the lines of "what about the damage done to constitutional republicanism and the rule of law?"
You can find Wilson's quote in (of all places) the New York Times. DR. WILSON SAYS HE IS OWNED BY NO ONE, October 04, 1910.
The last thing of note, I think, is how even back then in 1910 the NY Times had no interest in defending the Constitution(any of them) and the rule of law. Campaign rhetoric is treated as just that - as if it has its own basis and starts today. The only two balances are what one or the other person says, not the anchors of right reason and Constitutional protections of the people.
A century later, we reap the damage these “unconstitutional progressives” wrought upon this great republic. How much further along in every possible human endeavor would we be today had they not saddled us with this warped agenda ?
“Liberal Fascism” by Jonah Goldberg made a compelling case against Woodrow Wilson and others of his ilk.
It looks like “Board of Guardians.”
I’m trying to figure out what exactly prompted the remarks.
I’m guessing that the Board of Guardians had something to do with utility rates or workmen’s compensation and Wilson wanted to sidestep them.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/throntveit/files/throntveit_common_counsel_w._title_page.pdf
Wilson should have been jailed for treason. What a demonic enemy he was, and what damage he inflicted.
I don’t know about him much, but using his namesake bridge SUCKS!
He gave us The League of Nations, the precursor of The United Nations.
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