1792 Exchange Launches “The American Company”: A National Call to Stewardship, Free Enterprise, and Civic Honor in America’s 250th Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In continuation of the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday, 1792 Exchange today launched The American Company, a charter and national movement calling American enterprise back to the standard that built the most prosperous civilization in human history: responsible stewardship of the power the American system made possible. This is not a slogan. It is a summons. An American company is not defined by a state filing, a headquarters zip code, or a flag in the lobby. Geography is a starting point, not a standard. The American Company earns the name by honoring three obligations: civic identity, constitutional stewardship, and economic patriotism. It treats employees as free citizens, not managed subjects. It applies equal weights and measures. It invests in American workers and communities. It refuses to conscript corporate power into anyone’s ideological campaign. It creates wealth, opportunity, and strength, and leaves the country stronger than it found it. “Two hundred and fifty years ago, business leaders pledged their fortunes to a country that had none,” said Douglas H. Napier, Executive Chairman and CEO of 1792 Exchange. “Robert Morris signed notes in his own name because merchants trusted him more than they trusted the United States. Hamilton argued …