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OUR FOREFATHERS\u2019\nCOVENANTS<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

Part 22<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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May 8, 2020<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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We concluded last\nweek\u2019s Coffee Break beginning our discussion concerning Alexander\nHamilton.\u00a0 <\/span>Most people who study\nEconomics and Banking know that Hamilton was essentially the father of our\ncurrent economic system.\u00a0 <\/span>What most\npeople do not know is just how Covenant oriented he was, and how that\norientation affected both his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as well as the\nintegral place faith had in the formation of our government.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/span>\n\n

It\nwas in the political arena that Alexander Hamilton's skills and genius began to\nreally shine.\u00a0 His somewhat interrupted writing career resumed as he\nauthored papers correctly diagnosing the ills of the Confederation of the\nColonies, and suggesting the need for more centralized government.\u00a0 He was\namong the first of our nation's founding fathers to suggest adequate checks on\nthe anarchic tendencies of the time.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

At\nage 27, with the end of the Revolutionary War in sight, he realized that if he\nwas to participate constructively in the formation of a central government he\nneeded to have a thorough knowledge of Law and its inner workings.\u00a0 Just\nas he had done when the opportunity was afforded him to get an education years\nbefore, he applied himself with his whole heart and soul to the study of\nlaw.\u00a0 For three months, he voraciously consumed law studies and gave\nhimself totally to it, graduating in Albany, New York in 1783.\u00a0 Following\nthe evacuation of the British Army from New York City, he opened his law office\nat 57 Wall Street in July of that same year.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

He\nhad been asked to serve in the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783, and in\n1784, he was officially elected to Congress.\u00a0 That same year, he founded\nthe Bank of New York.\u00a0 His activities in Congress involved him in the\npreparation of the Constitution, and he began to actively promote Federalism,\nalong with John Jay and James Madison.\u00a0 Writing under the pseudonym, Publius<\/i>,\nthe three of them wrote articles over a span of almost two years in 1787 and\n1788 which were published in various New York newspapers.\u00a0 The\nFederalist Papers,<\/i> as they were called, both promoted a Federalist style of\ngovernment and ratification of the newly agreed-upon Constitution.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Federalism\nis drawn from the Latin word, Foedus<\/i>, for Covenant.\u00a0 The original\nconcept contains the idea that a body of members are bound together in a\ncovenant relationship with a governing representative head.\u00a0 Within\ncontemporary political thought, federalism is the political philosophy that\nunderlies a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally\ndivided between a central governing authority and constituent political units\n(like states or provinces), creating what is often called a federation.\u00a0\nProponents are often called federalists.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Theologically,\nfederalism is a synonym for basic Covenant Theology.\u00a0 It is a commonly\nused term in serious theological works since the 17th century (prior to the\npolitical use) and to this day, particularly among those we refer to today as\n\"Calvinists.\"\u00a0 Federalism describes the relationship between the\nfirst representative man, Adam, and those born of the flesh (i.e. ALL\nnaturally-born mankind), and likewise between the second and last\nrepresentative man, Jesus Christ, and those who are, in addition, born of the\nSpirit (i.e. ALL spiritually-born mankind; see John\n 3:18<\/st1:bcv_smarttag> and Romans 8:1-17<\/st1:bcv_smarttag>).<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Covenant\nTheology was, by far, the prevailing thought within the New England Colonies,\nand Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison were all strong adherents\nand students of John Calvin's reform theology.\u00a0 Their objective was to\nincorporate the concept of covenant -- and especially, God's Covenant with us\nthrough Jesus Christ -- as the underlying philosophy for all government.\u00a0\nThe term, Federalism<\/i>, therefore, somewhat masks the intent of those who advocated\nstrong central government, with weaker state governments.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Now,\nI've said all that to say this.\u00a0 Alexander Hamilton was easily the most\nprolific among the three primary proponents of Federalism, and writing under\nthe pseudonym, Publius, he penned not less than 52 of the 85 essays that were\npublished in the New York papers.\u00a0 James Madison wrote 28, and John Jay\nauthored the remaining five.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Hamilton\nnever got the opportunity to be a part of the central discussions in Congress\nthat ultimately led to the adoption of the Constitution because of disputes\namong his fellow-delegates from New York.\u00a0 They withdrew from the\nConstitutional Convention, leaving New York without its delegation.\u00a0\nHamilton remained, but couldn't vote because of the absence of his delegation.\u00a0\nHe did, however, deliver a remarkable speech on June 18, 1787 in which he\nattacked the states' rights proposal of William Paterson, advocating instead\nfor an almost-coercive, strongly centralized but representative union with\nbuilt-in protections for class and property.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Twelve\ndays later, after it became clear that he would not have the opportunity to\ncast a vote for or against the proposed Constitution, he left the\nConvention.\u00a0 George Washington sent him a note reading, <\/span>\"I am sorry you went away. I\nwish you were back.\"<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0 Hamilton returned in\nresponse to George Washington's note at the close of the Convention to sign the\nConstitution on New York's behalf.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

He\nlobbied the New York Convention for ratification of the Constitution two weeks\nlater, and won their agreement against all odds.\u00a0 James Kent, who later\nbecame Chancellor of New York and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court\nappointed by John Jay, who was then New York's Governor, wrote in his legal\njournals that <\/span>\"all of the documentary proof and the current observation of\nthe time lead us to the conclusion that he [Alexander Hamilton] surpassed all\nof his contemporaries in his exertions to create, recommend, adopt and defend\nthe Constitution of the United States.\"<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

A\ncontinuously close friend and confidante of George Washington, it came as no\nsurprise that Washington appointed Hamilton as the very first Secretary of the\nTreasury.\u00a0 He was the chief architect of obtaining credit for the United\nStates, and his January 14th, 1790 Report on the Public Credit<\/i><\/b>\nbecame what many economists called \"a watershed in American finance,\"\nmarking the end of an era of bankruptcy and international repudiation for the\nnewly-formed United States of America.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

On\nDecember 13, 1790, Alexander Hamilton published his Report on a National\nBank<\/i><\/b>, advocating a private bank with semipublic functions patterned\nafter the Bank of England.\u00a0 The following year, he published a Report\non Manufacturers<\/i><\/b> -- a report which became the epitome of modern\neconomics.\u00a0 So powerfully did he argue this policy advocating a system of\nmoderate protective duties associated with a deliberate policy of promoting our\nnational interests, drawing from the Constitution of the United States, that he\neasily persuaded George Washington on the constitutionality of a National\nBank.\u00a0 His skillful and inspired arguments were so convincing that his\nreport became England's official economic policy, and -- later -- the primary\nfoundation for the German economic system.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

For\na man with such genius and gifts (and maybe because<\/u> he had such genius\nand gifts) Hamilton was seen by many of his peers as self-confident,\nopinionated, arrogant, indiscreet, \"impolitic\" (that's a fancy word\nfor not being \"politically correct\") and even manipulative.\u00a0 He\nreadily confessed to friends that his heart was the master of his judgment.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

In\nany case, Alexander Hamilton was known as being uncompromising.\u00a0 If he\nbelieved in something, he believed in it heart and soul.\u00a0 He was a master\nof reading the hearts and intents of people, (in truth, he had the ability to\nfunction with that Gift of the Spirit we know as \"the discerning of\nspirits.\") and when he saw questionable methods or tactics being applied\nby his fellow-founders, he wasted no time in letting them know that he wouldn't\nstand for anything less than above-board truthfulness and integrity.\u00a0 When\nhis arguments appeared to fall on deaf ears, he would go around the individual\nin question and inform others of those actions he considered ill-advised.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

To\nthe day of Washington's death, Hamilton remained his closest friend and\nadvisor; and when George Washington prepared to leave office as President of\nthe United States, Alexander Hamilton wrote his farewell address to the\nnation.\u00a0 Washington remained the titular head of the Federalist Party, and\nas such, wielded enormous influence over the nation even after John Adams\nbecame President.\u00a0 In 1798, two years after Washington left office,\nPresident John Adams was preparing for war with France.\u00a0 Washington\npersuaded Adams that Alexander Hamilton needed to be employed as active head of\nthe military forces.\u00a0 GW was still recognized as the head of America's\narmies, and Adams wanted him to direct the war against France.\u00a0 He agreed\nto accept the title under the condition that Hamilton take the active leadership;\nand Adams acquiesced.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

When\nWashington died, the Federalist Party became divided under Adams' leadership\nand Hamilton's.\u00a0 John Adams had the prestige and the national recognition\nbecause of his more than spectacular career, and his strength with the nation\nas a whole.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Hamilton,\non the other hand, controlled all of the leaders of lesser rank, along with the\nmajority of the distinguished men in the country.\u00a0 Alexander recognized\nthat he was not a \"people person,\" and that he lacked the ability to\nfunction in a high public profile.\u00a0 He saw his abilities more in the sense\nof policy and advice, and became the principal advisor to members of John Adams\ncabinet, often affecting Adams' policy without Adams' agreement.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Aaron\nBurr had, for many years, been a close friend of Alexander Hamilton, but his\ndefeat of Hamilton's father-in-law, General Philip Schuyler, in 1791 in a race\nfor the United States Senate, and the tactics he used to win, opened a rift\nbetween the two erstwhile companions.\u00a0 George Washington had never trusted\nBurr and made his distrust known to Hamilton on numerous occasions.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Burr,\non the other hand, was extremely outspoken in his acrimony towards Washington,\nonce telling Hamilton that he \"despised Washington as a man of no\ntalents, and one who could not spell a sentence of common English.\"<\/b>\u00a0\nBurr's comments only served to widen the rift between the two because of\nHamilton's intense loyalty to Washington and absolute trust of him.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Things\nbegan to get really nasty when, following Alexander Hamilton's appointment as\nactive head of the nation's armed forces under Washington's direction, Burr\napplied for a commission as a brigadier general in the war with France.\u00a0\nWashington turned him down flatly, seeing him as nothing more than a political\nopportunist and a schemer.\u00a0 Burr continued to vie for political power.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

In\nthe days leading up to the elections of 1800, Hamilton made the mistake of\ncirculating a private and highly confidential memo opposing some of John Adams'\npolicies among his cabinet members.\u00a0 In the memo, he included a\nconsiderable amount of confidential cabinet information.\u00a0 By some unknown\nscheme, Aaron Burr obtained a copy of Hamilton's memo and published it in the\nnewspapers with the objective of doing political damage to both Adams and\nHamilton and furthering his own ambitions.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

In\n1800, following the election, he was tied in the Electoral College with Thomas\nJefferson at 73 votes apiece.\u00a0 Though Hamilton was no great friend of\nThomas Jefferson and often decried his political arguments, his distrust of\nBurr was such that he simply could not see Burr as President of the United\nStates.\u00a0 He considered it his patriotic duty to block Burr's\nambitions.\u00a0 When the election was handed off to the House of\nRepresentatives for a decision, Hamilton argued strongly in favor of\nJefferson's Presidency.\u00a0 The House quickly decided in Jefferson's favor,\nand Burr became Vice-President instead.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

When\nBurr subsequently failed in his attempt to gain the Republican nomination for\nGovernorship of New York, he sought the aid of the Federalist Party.\u00a0\nAlexander Hamilton denounced Burr to the party as <\/span>\"a\nman of irregular and insatiable ambition \u2026 who ought not to be trusted with the\nreins of government.\"<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Burr\nhad had it with Hamilton.\u00a0 He falsified his conversations with Hamilton,\nmade spurious accusations against him by Hamilton public, and then forced a\nduel between them.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Alexander\nHamilton felt that he had no personal quarrel with Burr.\u00a0 He simply felt\nthat Burr's personal ambitions had run away with him, making him unfit for\npublic office, public trust and leadership.\u00a0 Prior to the duel, Hamilton\nwrote his last essay stating that <\/span>\"a compliance with the\ndueling prejudices of the time was inseparable from the ability to be in the\nfuture, useful in public affairs.\"<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>His\npersonal opposition to dueling was well-known.\u00a0 His son, Philip, had died\nas the result of a duel in 1801.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

He made\nknown his intentions not to fire his pistol prior to the duel, although his\npistol discharged as he fell.\u00a0 The minister who attended him later told\nfriends that Hamilton had said on his death bed, \"I\nhave no ill-will against Col. Burr. I met him with a fixed resolution to do him\nno harm. I forgive all that happened.\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Alexander\nHamilton's personal faith in Jesus Christ was the guiding force that governed\nhis life.\u00a0 His personal sense of covenant and the deep commitment that\ncomes in covenant relationship drove him.\u00a0 For Hamilton, covenant was the\nessential means by which government could and must operate.\u00a0 Through\nFederalism he saw the opportunity to help bring about a \"nation under God,\nindivisible, and with justice for all.\"<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

It\nwas Henry Cabot Lodge who wrote of Alexander Hamilton, saying, <\/span>\"Hamilton\u2019s\nmind was eminently legal. His writings are distinguished by their clarity,\nvigor and rigid reasoning rather than any show of scholarship. In his earliest\nwritings of 1774-75, he started out with the ordinary pre-Revolutionary War\nWhig doctrines of natural rights and liberty. After the War\u2019s conclusion, his\nexperiences of semi-archaic states\u2019 rights and individualism ended his earlier\nfervor.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

\"Hamilton saw the feeble inadequacies of conception, the\ninfirmity of power, factional jealousy, disintegrating particularism, and\nvicious finances that marred the Confederation. No other author saw more\nclearly the concrete nationalistic remedies for these concrete ills or pursued\nremedial ends so constantly and consistently as Hamilton. He wanted a strong\nunion and energetic government that should \"rest as much as possible on\nthe shoulders of the people and as little as possible on those of the state\nlegislatures.\"<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

As\nearly as 1776, he urged the direct collection of federal taxes by federal\nagents. In 1781 he created the idea that a non-excessive public debt would be a\nblessing. He conceived the constitutional doctrines of liberal construction,\n\"implied powers,\" and the \"general welfare,\" which were\nlater embodied in the decisions of John Marshall.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\u201cLiberty,\u201d<\/span><\/b>he reminded his fellows in the New York\nConvention of 1788, <\/span>\u201cseemed to be the only consideration for the new government.\u201d<\/span><\/b>Hamilton\npointed out another thing of equal importance; <\/span>\"a\nprincipal of strength and stability in the organization \u2026 and of vigour in its\noperation.\"<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Hamilton\ndid not agree with Jefferson that the general public should control\ngovernment.\u00a0 His far-sighted ability to see down the road to the end\nresults of a purely democratic society caused him to err more on the side of\nlimited democracy. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\"Men,\"<\/span><\/b>he said,<\/span>\n\"are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.\"<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

His last\nletter on politics, written two days before his death, illustrates the two\nsides of his thinking already emphasized; in this letter he warns his New\nEngland friends against dismemberment of the union as \"a clear sacrifice of great positive advantages,\nwithout any counterbalancing good; administering no relief to our real\ndisease, which is democracy<\/u>, the poison of which, by a subdivision, will\nonly be more concentrated in each part, and consequently the more\nvirulent.\"<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n

See\nyou next week.<\/o:p><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/span>\n\n

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