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Presidents of the United States

by Gregory Allan

Who was the first President of the United State? Does anyone know?
Please raise your hand?

This has been a minor topic in many of my public appearances over the
years. Following this minor topic is always some other issue... something
I think you may find hard to believe. The point being, if I can convince
you of the truth, i.e. that George Washington was not the first
President, then your foundational beliefs might be sufficiently shaken so
that you can believe the major topic I'm about to present.

The notion that Washington was the first, is a Really Big
Lie. Government and the public schools it controls have told this
lie for so long it is almost universally believed. Government has its
reasons. I will point you in the right direction, and leave you to find
the rest for yourselves. The point of this article is to tell you the real
truth. But first, a quote regarding big lies from the Grand
Purveyor of Evil himself, Adolph Hitler:

...All this was inspired by the principle -- which is quite
true in itself -- that in the big lie there is always a certain force of
credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily
corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than
consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of
their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small
lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but
would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never
come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not
believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so
infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be
brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will
continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the
grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has
been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this
world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

--Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X

The United States of America became a nation when the Articles of
Confederation were ratified March 1, 1781, not, as is commonly believed,
when the Constitution was ratified in 1789. In the years between 1781 and
1789, the United States of America duly elected nine Presidents:

1.

Samuel Huntington was installed as the first President of
the United States on March 2, 1781 at an official ceremony in
Philadelphia. Huntington only served as President until July
resigning due to ill health.

2.

Thomas McKean was elected as the second President. McKean
held the office less than five months.

3.

John Hanson was elected the third President in November
of 1781. Hanson was the first president to serve a full one-year
term, as provided for in the Articles of Confederation.

4.

Elias Boudinot (1783)

5.

Thomas Mifflin (1784)

6.

Richard Henry Lee (1785)

7.

Nathan Gorman (1786)

No picture of Gorman available.

8.

Arthur St. Clair (1787)

9.

Cyrus Griffin (1788)

The following is quoted from Wikipedia:

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was
the first constitution of the United States of America.

In September 1786, commissioners from five states met in the
Annapolis Convention to discuss adjustments to the Articles of
Confederation that would improve commerce. They invited state
representatives to convene in Philadelphia to discuss improvements to
the federal government. After debate, the Congress of the Confederation
endorsed the plan to revise the Articles of Confederation on February
21, 1787.

[Editor's note: A document setting out this plan was signed by
members of Congress. I've seen copies of this document but couldn't find
it on the web. I believe it was called something like the
Mayfair Compact. No, I'm not confusing it with the Mayflower
Compact.]

Twelve states, Rhode Island being the only exception, accepted this
invitation and sent delegates to convene in May 1787. The
resolution calling the Convention specified that its purpose was to
propose amendments to the Articles [emphasis added], but
through discussion and debate it became clear by mid-June that, rather
than amend the existing Articles, the Convention decided [without
authority] to propose a rewritten Constitution. The Philadelphia
Convention voted to keep the debates secret [emphasis added],
so that the delegates could speak freely. They also decided to draft a
new fundamental government design. Despite Article 13 of the Articles of
Confederation stating that the union created under the Articles was
"perpetual" and that any alteration must be "agreed to in a Congress of
the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of
every State," Article VII of the proposed constitution stipulated that
only nine of the thirteen states would have to ratify for the new
government to go into effect (for the participating states). Current
knowledge of the drafting and construction of the United States
Constitution comes primarily from the diaries left by James Madison, who
kept a complete record of the proceedings at the Constitutional
Convention.

Keeping in mind that the Constitution was written and adopted in the
absence of lawful authority, one need only compare the Articles of
Confederation with the Constitution,
and realize the new powers unlawfully granted to the federal government,
and you will soon see why government historians might prefer to sweep the
whole matter under the rug.

(Isaiah 33:22) For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our
lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

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