“Shock” find: early Constitutional scholar called 2A “palladium of liberty”

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http://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/23/shock-find-early-constitutional-scholar-called-2a-palladium-of-liberty/

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This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty…The right of self defense is the first law of nature: in most government it has been the study of rules to confirm this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color of pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. - St George Tucker 1803 in View of the Constitution of the United States

[Craizie]

I don't get the palladium reference? Saying it's rare of liberty?

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I don't get the palladium reference? Saying it's rare of liberty?

After looking into it, it probably has something to do with the fact that it was just discovered at the time in 1803, with some fanfare. Perhaps at the time it was considered precious and new, not unlike the American Republic.

Palladium was also named after the Goddess of Wisdom.

http://www.chemicool.com/elements/palladium.html

Discovery of Palladium

Palladium was discovered in 1803, in London, by English chemist William H. Wollaston (who also discovered rhodium in the same year).

He examined the residues left from platinum after dissolving it in aqua regia, a concentrated solution of hydrochloric and nitric acids. He then isolated palladium in a series of chemical reactions, finally heating palladium cyanide to extract palladium metal.

Wollaston shared his discovery in an unconventional manner. He left a quantity of the metal for sale with a mineral dealer in Gerrard Street, London, and anonymously posted handbills throughout the city, describing the new metal’s properties.

Suspicions over this uncommon method of announcement arose and Richard Chenevix, a celebrated chemist at the time, declared palladium to be a platinum-mercury alloy. (2)

In response, Wollaston anonymously offered a reward of twenty guineas to anyone who could artificially produce palladium. Nobody ever claimed this money.

In 1805, Wollaston spoke before the Royal Society of London about palladium’s properties and how it could be isolated from platinum. He finished his talk by revealing himself to be the discoverer of palladium.

He explained that he had remained anonymous so that he would have the time to understand and explain all of the metal’s properties before putting his name to an account. (3)

The element is named after the then-recently discovered asteroid, Pallas. The asteroid’s name refers to the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. (4)

[Chili]

I don't get the palladium reference? Saying it's rare of liberty?

There are other definitions of the word..

pal·la·di·um2
pəˈlādēəm/Submit
nounarchaic
noun: palladium; plural noun: palladia
a safeguard or source of protection.

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There are other definitions of the word..

pal·la·di·um2
pəˈlādēəm/Submit
nounarchaic
noun: palladium; plural noun: palladia
a safeguard or source of protection.

Good find. Occam's Razor says this is more right than my tangent. Carry on

[mstng86]

Sounds like a good rock band name

PALLADIUM OF LIBERTY

yayyyyy

[Chili]

Good find. Occam's Razor says this is more right than my tangent. Carry on

Haha, don't feel bad.. I had to google to figure out how they were trying to use that word too. Written over 200 years ago, the language has changed a lot!

Sounds like a good rock band name

PALLADIUM OF LIBERTY

yayyyyy

I agree, it's actually pretty cool!

[Craizie]

Haha, don't feel bad.. I had to google to figure out how they were trying to use that word too. Written over 200 years ago, the language has changed a lot!



I agree, it's actually pretty cool!

I did a quick google to see if I had it confused with something, but could find anything. I'll admit I didn't put much effort into it.