1786 and all that

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

jody mentions:
"
It is hovering before Wicks has been introduced and                 
therefore has the advantage of looking back on 1786, yet the tone suggests
a limit to certainty.
 
There is a note of expectancy, however, and well there should be. This will
not be just another Advent in Philadelphia, this 1786. Five "states" (or,
some priviledged people from them) will have already met to discuss the
need to revamp the Articles of Confederation. By May of the coming year,
what will turn out to be the Constitutional Convention will have convened,
and six months later the core of the document will have been forged.
 
It is the Advent of what, then, a miracle?...or perhaps just another
version of Pierce's last will and testament? Looking back, considering our
own times, or looking ahead, it's still hard to calculate."


Sept. 1786 also marked the beginning of Shays' rebellion--a turning point
for the nation, according to GR.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)