Why the American Founding Fathers were the Henry the VIIIs of the New World

King Henry, with his numerous wives, was not only looking for an heir. No, in fact he, and his clerical advisors, were determined to give a firm and rude-enough message to the Vatican, the former seat of the head of the ecclesiastical power over the British Isles, that the Church of England was to be self-administrating, for better or for worse.

Fast forward, a half-millenium later, and Anglo-Saxon people are known for impeccable manners, knowing which fork to eat with, and politeness brought along to almost obsessive fault. Clearly, something has changed.

In a similar way, the Founding Fathers were sending a message of independence,  sovereignty, and assured disrespect. In contrast to the stately dignity and inflexible order of the British monarchy, the colonies in rebellion veered towards excitement, opportunity, and fluidity which engendered in my opinion, most notably, the Clause against Peerages, the oxymoronically named “Title of Nobility Clause”; Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution. “No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States”

The message was clear, an experiment was undertaken, and excitement, therefore interest, was in the air. Revolutionary France was keen to help the experimenters, and so were the British liberals keen to drag their feet against the baying of the dogs of war in their own country, a confused regret which led to a second effort to assert governorship over those colonies, which had at one time been the first, official, kingly, efforts of English colonisation, with the War of 1812, another unfruitful attempt since the idea of American independence had its roots planted far too strongly for such a muddled and yet still half-hearted attempt at conquest. As such, the experiment rolled on, throwing off sparks, and making a huge, industrial rattling as it stretched thousands of miles across the continent in the span of a single century. But in times of keen adversity, would scientists be able to rally and motivate staunch resistance?

The answer is no, that pencil-necked scientists and intellectual eggheads prone to languishing over-analysis are not capable of such an effort, which can only and must be done by men acting on instinct amounting to a father’s care for his own in a time of dire need. The head of which family will lead? 

It’s time for a change.