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To: Publius
He especially denounced the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which had been secretly written by Jefferson and Madison

Brutal irony in all of that. Henry tried to warn them, but no, they had to have their new fangled system. Then almost immediately they scrambled around trying to deal with the damage they'd wrought,and there was Henry, properly interpreting the system THEY created.

29 posted on 03/04/2010 2:36:45 PM PST by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: Huck
Wish I had time to respond other than to say the above quote is funny.

Oh, now you have the time! Let's hear it.

30 posted on 03/04/2010 2:55:06 PM PST by Jacquerie (It is only in the context of Natural Law that our Declaration & Constitution form a coherent whole)
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