1989 issue 6 - exposing the hoax of a limited constitutional convention - counsel of chalcedon

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Constitution. The ONLY way, how

ever, to get to the entire document to

scrap and rewrite it is through the

SECOND method for change, avoided

for 200 years because of its

risks--

an

open CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-

. TION, (which explains the format for

the

Jefferson Foundation meetings).

Dangerous Historic

and

Legal

Precedent

The only historic precedent for a Con

stitutional Convention occurred in

1787. The (55) attending delegates did

several critical things:

a. They IGNORED their pre-set,

limited

agenda;

b.

hey TRASHED the entire exist

ing

government;

c. They WROTE a brand-NEW CON

STITUfiON, and most important,

d. (To assure adoption

of their new

Constitution), they IGNORED EXIST

ING

ratification requirements, wrote

NEW

ones, and

used

those

new

rules to

BYPASS the state legislatures.

Unquestionably, America has been

mightily blessed

by

the God-inspired

result, but as James Madison ("father"

of the Constitution) commented: Hav-

ing witnessed the difficUlties

and

dan-

gers experienced

y

the

FIRST

Con-

vention ... I would tremble for the re-

sult o the SECOND.

A SECOND Constitutional Conven

tion has not been held

in

200 years be

cause, by virtue

of

the only historic

pre-

cedent,

nothing

can

stop a SECOND

Convention from doing everything the

FIRST did. The enactment

of

legisla

tion, the ruling

of

the Courts, the pres

sure

of

the states, an uprising

of

the

people, CANNOT GUARANTEE that,

when the gavel falls, the second Con

vention will not

do

precisely what the

first did, which was

to

ignore tbem

all and

do

exactly what

it

pleased.

Those individuals and organizations

be-

hind the pro-Convention movement un

derstand this profound legal precedent

very clearly. Sadly, and

by

design, the

vast majority of Americans do not The

American people

are

being deliberately

led

like sheep

to

slaughter into a fatal

game

of

Russian Roulette with their

freedom and

Bill of

Rights, and for

what?

Balanced

Budget

Amendment Ruse

The stated goal

of

a Constitutional

Convention is to gain control

of

the

federal deficit

by

proposing a Balanced

Budget

Amendment to the Constitu

tion. Exploiting the legitimate and deep

concern of patriotic Americans every

where about

the

mushrooming federal

debt, the National Taxpayers Union

(NTU), members

of

the Conunittee

on

al

crisis.

Did

you know

we

were that

close to a Constitutional Convention,

an

event

that

could

destabilize

the

na

tion in

the

eyes

of

the world?

Did

you

read about it in the

Washington

Post

or

The

New

York

Times,

or

see

or

hear reports on NBC, CBS,

ABC? The silence of our "free press"

was deafening Only a cross-section

of

groups

and

organization, like the

American

Legion, the

VFW

churches

and

denominations (including

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the Constitutional System (CCS), and

others, with the help of a "gagged"

media,

have over

the past (15) years

quietly lobbied state legislators

to call

for

a Constitutional Convention, ostens

ibly

to

add

a

Balanced Budget Amend

ment to

the Constitution.

hen

(34)

state legislatures call for a Convention,

under Article V provisions

of

the Con

stitution,

a

Convention

SHALL be

held

It

's mandatory

By

January 1988, (32)

of the

required

(34) states had petitioned Congress for a

Convention, and America was teetering

on the brink of a full-scale Constitution-

the

Southern

Baptist Conven

tion), the AFL/CIO, the

John

Birch

Society, informed Farm

Bureaus, Eagle

Forum

and a few

others, had discovered the truth about

the risks

of

a Convention, had taken

positions opposing one,

and

had

started

to

spread the word.

Grass

Roots Effort to

Save

the

Constitution

Finally, as a result

of

state-wide

edu

cation

and

petition drives, starting and

growing

in

hundreds

of

churches and

veterans posts in

FLORIDA

and

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~ M in 1988, a ~ i v e grass roots

coalition of people--Conservatives,

Liberals, Republicans, Democrats, Inde

pendents, etc.,--joined together

and

de

manded that their state legislators pro

t( ct

the Constitution and their freedoms

by withdrawing their state calls for a

Constitutional Convention. Those two

withdrawals, thanks to aroused .public

awareness of the risks, were overwhelm

ingly successful, but since then, the pro

Convention o r c ~ s have, as .James Dale

Davidson, Executive Director

of

the Na

tional Taxpayers Union (NTU), pilt it,

"taken the gloves off to stop efforts to

save the Constitution. Other attempts

to withdraw calls in 1988 met defeat in

Oklahoma, New Hampshire,

Louisiana, Maryland, Georgia,

and other states,

thanks

to Washington

based "big shots" and "big money."

Virginia's battle to withdraw lost

by

a

tie. vote in committee early in

1989,

despite a strong coalition

of

grass roots

support tmoughout the state.

America

is within a "hair's breadth"

of

calling its second Constitutional

Convention in history. Hundreds

of

millions of dollars are being pumped

into states like Michigan, New

Jersey, Vermont, Mootana,

Massachusetts, West Virginia,

California, and others, all across the

nation to railroad calls FOR . Conven

tion through state legislatures and to

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Counsel ofChalcedon

now

available on

microfiche

Mr.

Robert Jones of Portland, Oregon

has produced back issues

of

anumber

of Reformed publications on .

microftlm, including the .120+ issues

of The Counsel ofChalcedon.

These issues on microfiche are

available for sale

to

libraries or

anyone interested in having them.

At present Mr. Jones is asking

$100.00 for all current back issues

of The Counsel.

Robert Jones/TREN

P.O. Box 30183

Portland, OR 97230

STOP withdrawals of C o n v ~ n t i o n calls

in other states. Oregon, South

Carolina,

MissisSippi, etc.,

ate

all

trying to withdraw against enormous

pressure and lobbying from w e a l ~ y

special interest. The object

is

to get the

required

(34)

state calls

this year

forcing a Convention on the people

before th,ey are fully awakened to its

risks. '

The SAFE Solution

to the Deficit

Anyone who truly believes all this is

about a balanced budget

has

a difficult

time facing reality. The solution to' the

budget deficit

is very simple,

as

ex

pressed in the November 1985 issue of

the Oakland [Michigan] Business

Monthly: If this issue is so impor

tant that some would consider a Con

stitutional Convention--potentially . en

dangering that document, no . matter

how remote that danger s ~ t h e n perhaps

it

ought to become the sole issue of

Congressional elections .

We

figure

it

would be much better

to

dump out a

few Congressional seats and rewrite the

legislative roster

to

get the Balanc

e

Budget Amendment than to dump o

ut

a

few Constitutional provisions or re-

write a few fundalnental tenets of o

ur

nation.

The .

best solution is usually the

CORRECTION

In our June, 1989 issue, in the arti-

cle "From 6BP to lOKh we mis

takenly stated that the winner of the

Heart Trek lOk in Atlanta had run

the 6.2 mile course in under 20

minutes. That should have been in

.Uilder 30 minutes.

In the guide for helping calculate

fat percentage in a given food (2nd

colUmn,

Page 9) the instructions

should have read, "Each gram

of

fat

contains 9 calories. Therefore, in

our example, each serving contains

48% fat

a

grams times 9 calories

per gram : 72 calories of

fat,

.."

he

Counsel of Chalcedon July, 1989 page 10

. simplest So, why hasn't this one bee

tried? Why haven't the special interest

spet1t

. their millions

of

dollars o

making a public campaign issue out o

the Balanced u d g e ~ Amendment? Wh

haven't they

tw:geted

the districts o

those FEW members of Congress wh

voted against the m e n d m ~ t when i

last came before Congress? Surely, i

wouldn't take much "prodding" by th

voting public to convince a few mor

Congressional representatives to sup

port the Amendment.so that it could ge

through Congress Then, once passed

it. ,would

go

to the states for almos

certain ratificatiort. It is tota11y irre

sponsible

to

risk losing the Con

'stitution and every American's freedom

to get control of federal spending, whe

that objective can (and sltould) b

accomplished the SAME, SAFE wa

an

other changes to the Constitutio

have been a t t a i r i ~ t h r o u g h the C o n

gressional Amendment" process.

Ws Up to YOU to Save

Your Constitution

To SAVE THE CONSTITUTION

YOU must fight aConvention,

edu

ca

others, and convince your state legis

lators to

VOTE

AGAINSt a Constitu

tional Convention. The Constitutio

belo

rlgs

to the PEOPlE; if it is to b

saved, it .will be saved by WE IH

PEOPLE

(w

ith God's help, who in

spired its writing)*. An educationa

videotape, "The Constitution i

Crisis," is available for $6.00

pl\l

$2.00 postage. Order the tape, show

to

you

t frie

nd

s, fiunily,

n e i g h b o r

church, . clubs , etc., arid then

maybe .wi

th

a lot

of

prayer, we ma

have a chanc

e.

There is very little tim

left, so without your m n ~

there's virtually no hope. Write toda

for the video, .sample petition an

resOurc

e dQcumentation

to: Joan an

Bert Collins, 5737 Corporat

Way, .West Palm Beach, FL

~ 4 0 7 '

(407) 689-8222.

The TARGET of a Constitution

Convention is the CONSTITU'l'ION

NOT the DEFICIT

*[E(Iitor's note- While we believe Go

was providentially and involved i

the production of the U.S. Cons

titl,l

tio

obviously we at Chalcedon do not believe

was "inspired" in any sen

se

similar to th

wayj

n which Sc

rip

ture was inspired by

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