Mercy Otis Warren (1728 - 1814) is considered by some to be the first woman to write for the public, not just for herself. And, she wrote about politics and even advised some of the founding fathers. She was a big fan of Sam Adams, but had disdain for John Adams. Mercy opposed the Constitution because it gave too much power to a central government.
I happened to run across the following quote from one of her books and read it two or three times.
"It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government." —Mercy Warren, “History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution,” 1805.
Mercy, Mercy. That makes sense.
PMO
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