The general opinion is government is too complex for the average person to comprehend. This article is about to blow that myth completely away.
What makes government unnecessarily difficult to understand is the ever increasing list of resources ‘scholars’ tell us we must know.
So what’s the perspective for viewing government that makes it so simple to comprehend? It can be found in Emer de Vattel’s book, “The Law of Nations.” He frequently refers to the government as a corporation.
To understand this we use a 1756 dictionary commonly available for our nation’s founding generation to define the following words. The word choices only make sense after we see their definitions.
Corporate: United in a body or community.
Corporation: A body politick, authorized to have a common seal, one head officer or more, able by their common consent, to grant or receive in law, anything within the compass of their charter: even as one man.
Community: 1. The commonwealth; the body politick. 2. Common possession.
Politicks: The science of government; the art or practice of administrating publick affairs.
Government: 1. Form of community with respect to the disposition of the supreme authority. 2. An establishment of legal authority. 3. Administration of publick affairs.
Each definition uses one or more of the other four words as part of its definition, emphasizing governments are a form of corporation. Seeing the government as a corporation simplifies the search for the correct documents to understand the country.
Many more people are familiar with what paperwork to look for in commercial corporations. This is taught in nearly all business and investment courses. The founding charter is the contract and enforceable law among the owners and controllers of the corporation they are creating. Any one or more of them can hold the other members accountable.
The second charter is the bylaws. This is the contract the owners and controllers use to measure the qualifications and performance of the key corporate officers, who either campaign for the position or accept the nomination to their post.
If we see the government as a corporation, the above charters simplify our search for what documents do those same things in our government.
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America is the founding charter, the private law, among the people of the United States. It has never been replaced. It has never been amended.
It has only been forgotten about, except for fireworks on July Fourth. Even then, the declaration is seldom talked about. In fact, the fictitious name “The Declaration of Independence” makes it much easier to forget and ignore. After all, the politicians tell us, “What do we need that old thing for? We haven’t been under British rule for over 250 years!”
So, the people have all but forgotten about the most important contract among ourselves as citizens: our proof of being co-owners and co-controllers of the government. The clause “consent of the governed” in the declaration makes the unified majority of the total body of registered voters the sovereign authority over government.
The Constitution of the United States of America is the by-laws. These are generated by the governed people, as the sovereign authority, to bind their key corporate officers in government.
The Constitution is the primary job description sheet the people are supposed to use to qualify candidates based on whether their promises support or violate the Constitution. Once a government officer is legitimately elected, the Constitution is supposed to determine if they need to be stopped, recalled, or removed from office before the end of their term.
When we use the definitions in play for the words in the documents, we quickly realize that these documents cover modern issues.
The link https://www.cleanhonestgov.com/glossary-of-oldword.html takes you to a glossary of screenshots. This way, you can check my accuracy on the definitions the Founding Fathers went by. For the entire downloadable dictionary, visit www.cleanhonestgov.com/older-dictionaries.html.
Daniel Kingery owns and runs CleanHonestGov.Com; a website that teaches others, in a matter of hours, what it took him 25 years to discover about our government. If anyone wishes to debate or challenge any content within, please email Daniel Kingery at [email protected].
