Seminar #4. The Natural Rights Constitution of the Liberty States of America. The Political Party and Election Rules of the Liberty States of America.
15 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2018
Date Written: July 23, 2018
Abstract
When the state delegates from Mecklinburg County were sent to North Carolina’s first state constitutional convention, in 1776, the citizens who elected them gave the delegates specific instructions. According to Charles Maddry, in The North Carolina Constitution of 1776, “The delegates were instructed to endeavor to establish a free government under the authority of the people of North Carolina – a simple democracy, the fundamental principles of which should oppose everything leaning toward autocracy or power in the hands of the rich against the poor.” The political party and election rules of the Liberty States of America re-claim those North Carolina principles of 1776, by implementing a political system based upon the Res Publica of the liberty of citizens, and not on Madison’s system of political spoils.
Keywords: natural rights, declaration of independence, madison
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