Mercy Otis Warren's Observations On The New Constitution

In the book “A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution” by Carol Berkin she explains the constitution from start to finish from how it all began, to the debates inside the convention and finally the end product. Berkin takes the reader and puts him directly in the middle of the convention of 1786; throughout the book you can feel the excitement, the frustration, the tensions between delegates and the overall commitment to making a new government work for all.

Mercy accomplished lots of things that women did not even know could exist in her time. Mercy Otis Warren was a writer a poet, historian, dramatist, a patriot propagandist, play writer and a satirist in the eighteenth century. She was born in west Barnstable, Massachusetts in the United States of America which is named Cape Cod on September 14th, 1728. And died in her hometown on October 19, 1814. She was one of the first women to write about the war in the American Revolution. She spoke up and fought for what she though was right. She is really inspirational to all the women. And became a leader in the agitation when they were against the Stamp Act of 1765. When she was an adult she had five kids they all were born in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. Her first child was named James Warren. He was born in 1757 and died in the year of 1821. He was named after his father James Warren. Her second youngest kid named Winslow Warren was born in 1759 and died in 1791. Her third oldest the middle kid was born in the year of 1762 and died on 1784. The second oldest kid was named Henry Warren. He was born on 1764 and passed away in 1828. Her son named George Warren was the oldest one out of all of them. He was born in 1776 and died in the year of 1814. He had lots of responsibilities in his childhood. He would take care of his little brothers since he was the oldest out of all of them. They all died in their hometown in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. The purpose of this paper is to

The people of North Carolina before and after the Revolutionary War seem to have one opinion. The people thought since they were an independent state, that they should have their own government system. The people did not want a government after so many failures. The Article of Confederation had their delegates to draw up better ways for the Constitution to make the people happy. This only ended up with people taking sides with the government. The Federalist was supporters of the Constitution, while the Anti-federalist was against them.

The ratification of the US Constitution in 1787 sparked a ferocious and spiteful debate between two large groups of people, those who supported the ratification and those who did not. Both sides were very passionate about their ideas yet they were so divergent, as one believed that the ratification could create a more powerful, unified country, while others worried about the government gaining perhaps too much control. The supporters and opponents equally had various strong reasons in their beliefs regarding the ratification of the US Constitution, the most common for the supporters being that the current government was heading badly, and a ratification would fix all the mistakes made originally and set the course for a successful government. On the other hand, the biggest concern for the opponents was that the ratification would give the government too much power, and there would be no controlling force to keep the government in its place.

In 1728 September 28th Mercy Warren was born and living in a Barnstable. Mercy was a young child living with four siblings and one brother owned a library. Mrs.Warren's parents were poor people and she could not attend school. So in her older brother library her brother her with all the books that were in the library.In Mercy’s life no school at all including collage but she grew up to be an amazing woman.

Question: What were the major arguments used by each side (the supporters and the opponents) in the debates over the ratification of the U.S Constitution?

Anne Bradstreet, a well-educated woman, strong in her Puritan beliefs, captured her thoughts by writing poetry, which included works such as “Contemplations” which was preceded by “The Prologue”. Written in the mid 1600’s as the colonies were beginning to form, Bradstreet’s poem included themes of religion, nature, and family. Although she claims to have written them without the intent of publication, a collection of her poetry was printed in 1650. She identifies her struggles with faith, yet writes from the view of a faithful woman who recognizes the superior role of men in her society. Although appearing to be modest and undermining her talents, it seems evident that Bradstreet was, in reality, confident that as a well educated women she was capable of writing just as well as a man. Although it is claimed that Anne Bradstreet did not intend for her writing to be published, her poetry utilizes a feminist tone and theme of higher education conveying her hidden desires to prove herself as a female author.

Mary Anne Warren’s argument on the legal status of abortion stands on a concrete understanding and realization of an individual’s personhood. Now Mary Anne Warren’s unyielding argument on the basis of personhood is that, “If we assume that an entity is a person just because it happens to belong to our favored biological classification, we stand convicted of speciesism, close cousin to racism. There are properties that do qualify an entity as a person, but simply being human is not one of them” (124). To first be able to argue why the abortion of a fetus is permissible she needs to give a clear distinction of what can be established a decisive factor of personhood. To distinguish a line between a fetus and a human and if abortion is to be morally permissible there needs to be an understanding of when this cut off between the two officially happens. In an example of the potential personhood and a right to life Mary Ann Warren uses a hypothetical scenario of a space explorer who lands on an unknown plant. While on this plant he encounters a race of aliens. Now since he is on another plant in the presence of these alien beings how should he act towards these beings. He must first determine if they have the capability of morality or if it is acceptable to consume these aliens for food. To determine if these aliens are in fact part of a moral personhood maybe he can notice works of art, forms of tools, and communication. However, even without evidence of these things they could

Mary Anne Warren argues in the position that abortion is morally permissible because the fetus is not a person therefore has no rights and not considered immoral to be killed. I shall argue that Warren’s argument in invalid since the claims of argument cannot be proven.

In the initial years of the United States a meeting of delegates appointed by the several states met for the sole purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. The result of this meeting was the creation of the U.S. Constitution that would soon become the ultimate directive for both Federal and State Governments. Since its birth it has been revised, amended, and ratified in order to solidify the allocation of power between the separate branches of government. Although this may be the case, distribution of the powers has been disputed ever since the formation of the Constitution. These political, legal, and quasi-legal constitutional disputes triggered civil unrest and led to explicit acts of opposition involving nullification and

Anne Bradstreet was America's first noteworthy poet in spite of the fact that she was a woman. Both the daughter and wife of Massachusetts governors, Bradstreet suffered all of the hardships of colonial life, was a mother, and still found time to write. Her poem, "The Author to Her Book," is an example of Bradstreet's excellent use of literary techniques while expressing genuine emotion and using domestic subject matter.

The plan to divide the government into three branches was proposed by James Madison, at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He modeled the division from who he referred to as ‘the Perfect Governor,’ as he read Isaiah 33:22; “For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us.” http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm

Mary Anne Warren is one of the top advocates for keeping abortion legal without any restrictions on it. She states that the morality of abortion is dependent on the moral status of the baby, not simply on the rights of the mother. She criticizes those who defend abortion as the right to control one's body: "it is at best a rather feeble argument for the permissibility of abortion. Mere ownership does not give me the right to kill innocent people whom I find on my property…" (The Monist, pg. 44) Using this analogy she shows that just because the fetus is inside us it does mean we have a right to terminate it.

According to Antonin Scalia there are two types of approaches to interpreting the Constitution: originalist and living. Which approach do you believe the Court should take? Why? How does this approach affect the policymaking process?

She was able to inform the public of what was happening during the war. She also influenced most of the Founding Fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock, and she spoke for women’s rights. Both Abigail and John Adams were her friends (Pavao). John Adams once wrote to Mercy’s husband saying, “Tell your wife that God Almighty has entrusted her with the Powers for the good of the World, which… he bestows on few of the human race. That instead of being a fault to use them, it would be criminal to neglect them” (Pavao). Without her writing, the public might have never known what exactly was going on during the war.