Draggingtree Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Chronicles Magazine is america still a nation? View all posts from this blog By:Pat Buchanan | July 05, 2017 n the first line of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson speaks of "one people." The Constitution, agreed upon by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1789, begins, "We the people . . . " And who were these "people"? In Federalist No. 2, John Jay writes of them as "one united people . . . descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs . . . " If such are the elements of nationhood and peoplehood, can we still speak of Americans as one nation and one people? We no longer have the same ancestors. They are of every color and from every country. We do not speak one language, but rather English, Spanish and a host of others. We long ago ceased to profess the same religion. We are Evangelical Christians, mainstream Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, agnostics and atheists. Leave it to Pat to ask a dumb question OR did he ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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