Isaac Kramnick's Discourse Of Politics In 1787
Isaac Kramnick’s “Discourse of Politics in 1787” deals with the paradigm of homo civicus (civic humanism) and liberalism in the Constitution, the Federalist and Antifederalist papers along with political positions used to address the concepts of virtue and power.
The historical background of 1787 establishes the United States as a country incapable of defending its sovereignty as an independent nation and, in the same time, a confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government. This is why, on February 21, 1787, a convention of state delegates was called at Philadelphia in order to propose a plan of government. Finally, the Constitutional Convention began deliberations on May 25, 1787 and in September 17, 1787 the first Constitution of the United States was adopted.
James Madison is recognized as being the “Father of the Constitution”. After the drafting of the Constitution, Madison became one …show more content…
For example, they both agreed that a unified, national government must be implemented, that personal property rights had to be protected, that the central government must be run by virtuous, patriotic people and that the Constitution had to open the way for commercial development through the creation of a national market, public credit and a standardized currency. However, they particularly disagreed in giving to the state a presidential office who had to have ”strength, vigor and energy”. But that was only a matter of perspective. For Hamilton, the presidency had to be the heart of the newly formed American state just as the monarch was in ancient European states. He saw a powerful, energetic state as a state based on commerce. For him, the prosperity of the commerce was the most useful and the most productive of a national wealth. Hence, he was preoccupied with the links between international politics, commerce and state
The historical background of 1787 establishes the United States as a country incapable of defending its sovereignty as an independent nation and, in the same time, a confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government. This is why, on February 21, 1787, a convention of state delegates was called at Philadelphia in order to propose a plan of government. Finally, the Constitutional Convention began deliberations on May 25, 1787 and in September 17, 1787 the first Constitution of the United States was adopted.
James Madison is recognized as being the “Father of the Constitution”. After the drafting of the Constitution, Madison became one …show more content…
For example, they both agreed that a unified, national government must be implemented, that personal property rights had to be protected, that the central government must be run by virtuous, patriotic people and that the Constitution had to open the way for commercial development through the creation of a national market, public credit and a standardized currency. However, they particularly disagreed in giving to the state a presidential office who had to have ”strength, vigor and energy”. But that was only a matter of perspective. For Hamilton, the presidency had to be the heart of the newly formed American state just as the monarch was in ancient European states. He saw a powerful, energetic state as a state based on commerce. For him, the prosperity of the commerce was the most useful and the most productive of a national wealth. Hence, he was preoccupied with the links between international politics, commerce and state