Show WEEKLY e V J LY I. I I CONSTITUTIONAL WAX AX BE BERNS 4 A C for o HI Washington tort Was a monarchy monarch ever er considered for the tho United States s During the Revolutionary War a roup of arm army officers proposed a monarchy and orr offered the crown to WashIngton lu In his reply Washington Washing ton said No o occurrence a In the course of the war has given Iven me more painful sensations than your information of there being such Ideas existing I must view It with abhorrence and reprehend It with severity You could not ha have ve found a person to whom your schemes are arc more disagreeable Let mo ma conjure you then as you h have ve any regard for your country concern for yourself or posterity or respect for me to banish these thoughts from your mind and never nc communicate as from yourself or anyone else a sentiment of the like nature Following tho the war Virginia selected selected selected se se- Washington as a representative tive live to the Constitutional Convention Conven Conven- tion lion even before the Continental Congress called it IL He became the conventions convention's chairman Upon raun ratification cation of our Constitution he was unanimously elected as our first president unanimously re reelected s sand and after completing his second term he established the custom that no president should serve a third term Throughout his long political life lUe Including his own own terms as dent for or all of ot which he declined pay Washington consistently opposed op posed an au powerful all executive as Sf repugnant to a 11 constitutional l de democracy democracy because harmful to the be liberties freedom and general welfare welfare wel wel- fare rare of the people Next Week Washington and ande e Tho The Courts Copyright 1930 by Max Berns |