"The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." So said 19th century British Prime Minister Sir William Gladstone.
Sept. 17 marks the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the U. S. Constitution.
But some in our society might wonder – hasn't this musty old document outlived its usefulness? Isn't it arcane and irrelevant? Just the product of a bunch of rich white guys, and some of them were slave owners. But, of course, the Constitution contained within the means by which slavery could one day be abolished. And it was.
