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I have read the notes taken by James Madison for the Constitutional Convention in a 2-vol book of them donated by a Yale professor to our local library. The rich people at the convention had a Constitution that didn't give rights to the poor or smaller states. Roger Sherman of NewMiford, CT, about 30 minutes from where I live, prayed, and what G-d gave him was our basic Constitution and representation we have today. The states would not pass it unless all the people had their say, which is the Amendments--the first ten came from the people. Those who wanted the rich to rule never signed it. Iknow G-d willed this country, because there is no way 5,000 farmers and others could have won against 15,000 hird Hessian soldiers andbetween 40,000 to 50,000 English soldiers.
Trump's Shabbat Proclamation and America's Founding Promise
I have read the notes taken by James Madison for the Constitutional Convention in a 2-vol book of them donated by a Yale professor to our local library. The rich people at the convention had a Constitution that didn't give rights to the poor or smaller states. Roger Sherman of NewMiford, CT, about 30 minutes from where I live, prayed, and what G-d gave him was our basic Constitution and representation we have today. The states would not pass it unless all the people had their say, which is the Amendments--the first ten came from the people. Those who wanted the rich to rule never signed it. Iknow G-d willed this country, because there is no way 5,000 farmers and others could have won against 15,000 hird Hessian soldiers andbetween 40,000 to 50,000 English soldiers.