The Truth About Federalism By Blindislad

Definitions of federalism very in today's society. When researching what form of Government the United States is one may be surprised to find more then one classification such as Republic, Democracy, and even Federation. A federation is a system of government of a group of sovereign states, so defined in many dictionary's, much like a union or a confederation. But it is in the function and administration that differentiates these collective state systems.

The Evils of Federalism where warned and even protested by many of our forefathers,in the 1780's the Anti-Federalist apposed a Strong Central Government and advocated states rights in fear that Federal Government would oppress the liberties of the people.

It was in 1777, that the United States was a Confederation of States. When this system of government failed, it was moved that the new Untied States need to be unified by some form of government, a system that would guarantee states rights and would protect the liberties of the individual. A strong inconsistency for a Bill of Rights was Urged. As well, the question of what form of Government would be anew for the nation. The general goal was to get a close to a republic as defined by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment as Possible. The end result sums up as follows:
1) a new form of government was created up like any other, a Republican Form of Government, a nation governed by law and not of mob rule like a democracy. a hybrid government system, Representative of its people, governed by law, with the administrative function of a federation, and a Unitarian government structure for the rights of the states.
2) have s federal structure within the national government it was prevention of despotism was much needed, for a federation would know no limit of its power, it would centralize it self, oppress states rights, and rape the people of their liberties. in Order to prevent the tyranny of despotism a Constitution of intruded to by the chains up on federal government. in addition was a bill of rights, amendments to the constitution to protect the liberties of the people.

So the government we should have is a Representative Democracy, a Republican Form of Government. A Unitarian System of Strong States Rights and a weak national Government. Where individual liberty is guaranteed. and the Federal Government is restrained by the Constitution.

So what Happened?

Well, history reflects the fall of the Free Republic and the Rise of Federalism. The Struggle between Federalism and Liberty have been going on since the formation of this nation. Around 1845, the Federation became to come in to power and when it asserted it power and authority so the southern states retaliated by succeeding from the union. The Southern States formed their own national government, the Confederate States of America, a confederation that had strong states rights and a weak central government. The union was divided in disunity over many issues including the succession. which lead the national Government to flex its federal authority and commission Federal Agents and solders to suppress the "rebels". the Federalization of Military troops started the Standing Armies in this nation that are still Standing.

Then the Banking Taking over of the Government Happened in the turn of the century. in 1823 till 1900 the Sherman Anti-trust laws affected large Corporations Such as Union Rail Road, Carnegie Steel, Standard Oil, United Copper, and others. This effected J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and others to where we find banker running for office and backers running their own candidates in a political Coup d'état, which lead to the election of congressmen Aldrich in 1879, and then senator in 1899. And the election of President McKinley in 189, Roosevelt in 1901 and Taft in 1909. Which all lead to the formation and establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913 and the IRS in 1906, and the Passing of the 16th amendment (income taxation) in 1913.

This the Rise of the Federation has been unfolding for for years and had come to what we know today; Smoking bans, income taxation, police state, drug war, patriot act, mortgage crisis, bank bail-out, automotive company bail-outs, inflation, unemployment, globalization and wars. Liberty is gone, WAKE UP! We live in tyranny and we still claim freedom, when we our slaves in a despot Federation. Unconstitutional Federation.

-Blindisland 6/16/2011