regard to consequences. Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.” Because of a willingness to profit from the lessons of history, the Founding Fathers adopted a constitution that nowhere mentioned a democracy, as neither did the Declaration of Independence, nor a single constitution of our fifty states. What the Founding Fathers did choose to establish was a government of written and permanent law. Realizing that men can only remain free by limiting political power, these laws restricted the power of government. Rather than enumerate a long list of freedoms tea 1 a . 6 guaranteed to the people, they enumerated a short list of what government could and could not do. Basically, this limited government to protecting life, liberty, and property. To guard against usurpation of power, they divided the power between three branches of the federal ww. government, the states, and the people. What the Founding Fathers gave us was a Constitutional Republic. One of the most important provisions of the Constitution was the establishment of a sound monetary system based upon gold and silver. This too had its roots in Old Testament Bible History. The first metal mentioned in Old Testament Scripture was gold, Genesis 2:11. The location given was near Ancient Babylon, 68 The Secret Side of History The first metal