Did God give America to white European Protestants?

In Federalist #2, John Jay gives a portrait of the political situation at the beginning of this country. Some of these seem dated, and some seem plain skewed, but it is educational to see where these Founders and Framers were coming from. Jay states his thesis:

... the prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, ... But politicians now appear, who insist that this opinion is erroneous...

Jay gives some evidence that basically says that it appears to him that God gave this great land to a band of white European Protestants, because of their unity and heroism. So much for the great American Melting Pot!

It has often given me pleasure to observe that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected, fertile, widespreading country was the portion of our western sons of liberty. Providence has in a particular manner blessed it... With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people--a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs. This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest ties, should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties.

Jay goes on to describe how they respected and trusted their Congressional representatives. That's a far cry from today's news saying that our Congress now has a 17% approval rating. That's lower approval than GW Bush, possibly the least popular President in history!

...they as with one voice, convened the late convention at Philadelphia, to take that important subject under consideration. This convention composed of men who possessed the confidence of the people, and many of whom had become highly distinguished by their patriotism, virtue and wisdom, in times which tried the minds and hearts of men, undertook the arduous task... They considered that the Congress was composed of many wise and experienced men. That, being convened from different parts of the country, they brought with them and communicated to each other a variety of useful information...similar considerations then induced the people to rely greatly on the judgment and integrity of the Congress;

But despite giving evidence that sounds alien in today's world, Jay comes back around to a restatement of his thesis - that United we stand and divided we fall.

They who promote the idea of substituting a number of distinct confederacies in the room of the plan of the convention, seem clearly to foresee that the rejection of it would put the continuance of the Union in the utmost jeopardy. That certainly would be the case, and I sincerely wish that it may be as clearly foreseen by every good citizen, that whenever the dissolution of the Union arrives, America will have reason to exclaim, in the words of the poet: ``FAREWELL! A LONG FAREWELL TO ALL MY GREATNESS.''