History of the Conservative Movement, Part 4: Social Darwinism's Two Wings
Part 3 was "Jeffersonianism vs. Hamiltonianism." Sadly, the file was lost a decade ago.
The man who edited the series made a mistake. He overwrote Part 3 with Part 4: my lecture on Darwinism. But he introduced it as Lecture 3. So, the viewers initially thought they were getting a lecture on Jefferson vs. Hamilton.
From 2010 until this month, no one seemed to notice. There were no returns of the DVD series because of the scrambled lecture. Gary DeMar, the head of American Vision, was unaware of the foul-up. Had he known, he would have had the video technician unscramble the two lectures.
Could this be true? Did not one viewer notice the obvious discrepancy? Was no one paying attention? I hate to think about this. But maybe it was even worse. No one watched the series. I hate to think about this, too.
With respect to the missing lecture, consider this:
The battle between Jefferson and Hamilton began as soon as George Washington formed his cabinet in November 1791. Jefferson was Secretary of State. Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury.If Jefferson had been Secretary of the Treasury, and if Hamilton had been Secretary of State, the United States would have been far better off in its first decade and probably long after. Jefferson was pro-France during the French Revolution (1789-94), which began in Washington's first full year as President. But he was against high tariffs, a large federal debt, and a central bank. Hamilton favored all three. Jefferson would have been in a position to block all three. Hamilton was anti-French and pro-Britain, but Washington would not have entered the war on the side of Britain. So, Hamilton would have been thwarted on every front.
I have asked DeMar to see if he can find the missing lecture. If he does, I will post it.
First, the interview. I begin with the story of my entry into the conservative movement in 1956. I discuss the state of the movement in the 1950's.
Second, here is the lecture.
For the series, week by week, go here: https://www.garynorth.com/public/21954.cfm