Did the Framers Mean a "Literal" Commander-in-Chief?

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When General George Washington kneeled and handed over his sword to Congress, a symbolic act acknowledging its sole power to declare war and to raise and support armies in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, he still had five other swords. During his second presidential term in 1794, he unsheathed one of his swords and personally led a military campaign with a militia force of 15,000 against 7,000 farmers who had rebelled against an excise tax. Contextually, and when considering President George Washington and others who soon followed, did the framers of the Constitution expect the president’s emergency powers in time of war, or as a…

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Did the Framers Mean a "Literal" Commander-in-Chief?

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