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Authored by: myNym on Monday, December 24 2012 @ 01:21 PM EST |
There is something so far-fetched and so
extravagant in
the idea
of danger to liberty from the militia, that one is
at a loss whether to treat
it with gravity or with raillery;
whether to consider it as a mere trial of
skill, like the
paradoxes of rhetoricians; as a disingenuous artifice to
instil prejudices at any price; or as the serious offspring
of political
fanaticism. Where in the name of common-sense,
are our fears to end if we may
not trust our sons, our
brothers, our neighbors, our
fellow-citizens?
I found 63 instances of the word "militia" in the
FP, the
above quote contains instance 36.
If any of you can find one instance
of the word militia,
where it is referring not to the armed citizens, but
instead
to the military, please speak up.
(The Federalist Papers are a big
long raging debate. Not
everyone was in agreement in every aspect. But I've
yet to
find any place that "militia" did not refer to the armed
citizenry.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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