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Editor says, what if the Interview at Weehawken had been a court martial? And the congressional-military-industrial complex had been put out of business from the outset? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1804, foiled in their dastardly plans to betray the founding principles of the American revolution, the disgraced Colonel Alexander Hamilton and his fellow Federalist plotters were transported to Hudson County, New Jersey where they were summarily executed on this day at the township of Weehawken.
Traitors to the American RevolutionPrima facie evidence had emerged from a vitriolic letter originally sent from Dr. Charles D. Cooper to Philip Schuyler, Hamilton's father-in-law. Published in the Albany Register, the letter revealed the existence of a vast and insidious conspiracy of soldiers, bankers and lawyers who sought to implement an American version of British mercantilism. Shockingly, the plans for a "congressional-military-industrial complex" had begun almost as soon as the Revolution was over.
"States' rights must be crushed, in the eyes of Hamilton and his followers"Prior to the execution, a charge sheet was read by Colonel Aaron Burr, reminding citizens that the war of independence had removed an evil "system of statism which employed economic fallacy to build up a structure of imperial state power, as well as special subsidy and monopolistic privilege to individuals or groups favored by the state". In short, Hamilton, et all were traitors to the American Revolution, the worst kind of corrupt, power-seeking political scoundrels no better than King George III of England. Because these evil mercantilists sought to introduce numerous taxes and interferences with international trade that benefited American businesses and the Federal Government while treating the American citizens like tax serfs.
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© Traitors to the American Revolution, Posted on 04 November 2009 by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Lew, Rockwell.com
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Beasts Source: Tenth Amendment Centre Labels: Duel, Weehawken, Federalists, America, Great Britain. Editor says, please note that extensive amounts of content have been repurposed from the source article.
~ Totally misses period mentalities. Short of a Jacobin US this wasn't going to happen. Indeed the US formed because signifigant parts of the US saw in Shay's Rebellion and similar outbreaks a chance of such here.
~ Sir er point is to change all the period mentalties which is why we describe simply an event leaving the reader to guess at the possible historic changes. I know thats not traditional cause/effect, but the point is to examine the characters themselves and their drivers from a different perspective in this case, using revisionist logic that is described in the source article.
~ In our history, of course, it was Burr who was charged with being a "corrupt, power-seeking political scoundrel" for allegedly trying to create his own private empire out West.
~ Without Hamilton-the-martyr, future politics would be very different...and maybe Burr could extricate himself from the midden of politics and go for his proper role, that of educator.
~ Didn't Mussolini start out as a schoolteacher?
~ Yes also Robert Mugabe!
Comment on Facebook from Stan Brin: The founding fathers weren't murderers, so I take it you're being facetious.
Comment on Facebook from Charles Fee: It's alternate history. It's even stated to be FICTIONAL right at the top. Get a clue, Stan.
Comment on Facebook from Samuel Garcia: well technically they were u guys would just know if u read
Comment on Facebook from Charles Fee: Never said they weren't. Just that this piece is known to be and was intended to be fictional.
Comment on Facebook from Stan Brin: I know that it's AH, I just don't buy this premis. Be nice.
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