tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post6802917474279662014..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: The Fourth of JulyDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-55247682682794533512013-07-05T08:37:48.511-04:002013-07-05T08:37:48.511-04:00Ellsworth -- Went past the house myself yesterday ...Ellsworth -- Went past the house myself yesterday and doffed my invisible cap to him. Sherman also is much neglected. Don't know why.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-27073093841313425992013-07-04T21:33:05.273-04:002013-07-04T21:33:05.273-04:00Too hot to visit Sherman down in New Haven, but Go...Too hot to visit Sherman down in New Haven, but God Bless him for his work saving the Constitution from Madison's enthusiasms.<br />------------------<br />During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, summoned into existence to amend the Articles of Confederation, Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth offered what came to be called the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise.<br />In this plan, designed to be acceptable to both large and small states, the people would be represented proportionally in one branch of the legislature, called the House of Representatives (the lower house). The states would be represented in another house called the Senate (the upper house). In the lower house, each state had a representative for every one delegate. On the other hand, in the upper house each state was guaranteed two senators, no matter their size.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Shermanpeter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-78713038350421099532013-07-04T21:28:00.074-04:002013-07-04T21:28:00.074-04:00I'm not so big on the Declaration , particular...I'm not so big on the Declaration , particularly the "all men are created equal" bit with the Lincolnian gloss. Did go up to Windsor to pay respects to Ellsworth, though, on this very hot Independence Day. <br />Thanks for your work, and God Bless America, such as it remains.<br />-------------<br />That Ellsworth promoted the federal government as a unified confederacy without the limitations imposed by the Articles of Confederation enhanced his popularity during the first several decades of America's history, especially in the South preceding the Civil War. In 1847, thirteen years before the Civil War, John Calhoun praised Ellsworth as the first of three Founding Fathers (including Sherman and Paterson) who gave the United States "the best government instead of the worst and most intolerable on the earth."[11] However, rapid industrialization and the centralization of our national government since the Civil War have led to the almost complete neglect of Ellsworth's pivotal contribution at the inception of our government. Few today know much of anything about him.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Ellsworthpeter brushnoreply@blogger.com