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The Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties, Inc. invites
the public to join them at their quarterly meeting at the National
Archives, SE Region, Morrow, June 20, 10:00 am. The guest speaker will
be John Vogt, who will give a program on the "American South Following the
Revolution: Picking up the pieces 1780-1820" and "From Revolution to
Session; Families Divided by the Rising Tide of Sectionalism, 1820-1860".
There is no charge to attend.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand
fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as
sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as
effects.
- Henry Melville
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Six essential qualities that
are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy,
wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
Editor's Note: Each year, the President of the United
States proclaims Sept 17-23 as National Constitution Week. The National
Society Daughters of the American Revolution is considered the nation's
cheerleaders as the members work to encourage all of America to read the
Constitution. Kudos to the DAR for their efforts and special kudos to
Fayette County's newest DAR Chapter, the James Waldrop Chapter, for their
efforts in teaching us all about the Constitution. Last year, the James
Waldrop Chapter DAR commissioned a video about the Constitution, which can
be seen on the Fayette Front Page. Kudos to this chapter of dedicated women.
The chapter won an award at the National DAR Convention for 2007
Constitution Week activities.
"I
consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and
one founded on the people, to be the true difference between a league or treaty
and a constitution." - James Madison,
at the Constitutional Convention, 1787
The Articles of Confederation was drafted in 1777 during the American
Revolution. The Articles were, in effect, the first constitution of the United
States. The men of the Continental Congress who passed the Declaration of
Independence were the same who passed the Articles of Confederation. The
Articles were quickly found to be inadequate.
While they provided for a Congress who could declare war or peace among other
things, it was apparent the individual states retained the bulk of the power.
The new government could ask the states for money but there was no means to
collect from states who were either unwilling or unable to pay. The federal
government quickly plunged into debt. The new government had no means to
enforce treaties without the states' support. George Washington warned in
1786: "There are combustibles in every state which a spark might set fire to."
Several conventions were called at irregular periods. �After the dismal
failure of the Annapolis Convention in 1786, the delegates who had attended
reported to their states that all states should be present to discuss the
Articles and to see how the defects in the system could be addressed. It was
also suggested the the second Monday in May 1787 be the start date of this
convention in Philadelphia.
The official call from the Congress went out to the states in February 1787.
On the appointed day, only a few states' delegates had shown up. The quorum
of seven states would not be reached until later in May. For four months, the
delegates discussed, debated and sometimes argued on how the Articles were to
be revised.
The summer of 1787 was hot.
The State House was comparatively cool when entering from the baking streets.
The East chamber was large, forty-by-forty, with a twenty-foot ceiling Tall,
wide windows were on two sides, covered by slatted blinds to keep out the
summer sun. Gravel had been strewn on the streets outside to deaden the sound
of wheels and horses passing. There was an air of secrecy about the meetings.
There was even a discreet diner at the table of Benjamin Franklin who would
move the dinner topic to another subject when Franklin would start to relay
stories of the day to his guests.
After many heated debates over a six week period, a compromise would be
reached on the subject of equal representation. One by one, the points would
be debated, and one by one, the delegates began to compromise and come
together. While the delegates would never completely agree on all points of
the Constitution, 39 of them did agree to sign it in September 1787.
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