Update: I’m rethinking my support of the Mount Vernon Statement.
A day ahead of the Conservative Political Action Conference, a group of conservatives came together to sign the Mount Vernon Statement. The purpose is to bring conservatives together to recommit to the founding principles of our republic.
Some insist that America must change, cast off the old and put on the new. But where would this lead — forward or backward, up or down? Isn’t this idea of change an empty promise or even a dangerous deception?
The change we urgently need, a change consistent with the American ideal, is not movement away from but toward our founding principles. At this important time, we need a restatement of Constitutional conservatism grounded in the priceless principle of ordered liberty articulated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
The conservatism of the Declaration asserts self-evident truths based on the laws of nature and nature’s God. It defends life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It traces authority to the consent of the governed. It recognizes man’s self-interest but also his capacity for virtue.
The conservatism of the Constitution limits government’s powers but ensures that government performs its proper job effectively. It refines popular will through the filter of representation. It provides checks and balances through the several branches of government and a federal republic.
A Constitutional conservatism unites all conservatives through the natural fusion provided by American principles. It reminds economic conservatives that morality is essential to limited government, social conservatives that unlimited government is a threat to moral self-government, and national security conservatives that energetic but responsible government is the key to America’s safety and leadership role in the world.
A Constitutional conservatism based on first principles provides the framework for a consistent and meaningful policy agenda. ….
You, too, can sign the Mount Vernon Statement.
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I’m really struggling with this one. I wasn’t aware that we as conservatives needed a group of men and women to spell out our commitment to protecting the Constitution. Additionally, I am hardly ready to concede that we as conservatives should embrace the type of division that terms like fiscal, social, and national security “conservative” intend to imply.
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