Failed Constitution?

David Scot Knecht wrote:

Dear Lew,

Did the Constitution fail? That depends. Of course it did, if its stated purpose was the actual purpose. But what if the actual purpose was not do secure liberty for the hapless subjects of the state, but to reduce it? Of course if you are trying to get a Constitution ratified, you dare not say that out loud. So that notion never appeared in The Federalist Papers!

Pardon the cynicism, but the Constitution obviously had political utility to its generation of politicians. It rewarded many with the political briar patch they sought.

Thanks for the good you have sown. May many generations reap.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.