It Was 225 Years Ago Today

Today is the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, which still to this day is the best governing document that has ever been made by man.  As Alexander Hamilton stated in the first Federalist,

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.

The document opens by referring to "We the People."  But what kind of People?  Are the People a band of thieves or are they a moral People, capable of self-government?  It was this that Ben Franklin had in mind when he gave the following answer to a gentleman who had asked him what government the Founders had created:  "A Republic, if you can keep it."

The Constitution was made for a certain kind of people with certain virtues.  We should keep this in mind every day and examine whether or not we still are the People presupposed by the Constitution.