{"product_id":"the-american-republic-primary-sources","title":"The American Republic: Primary Sources by Bruce Frohnen","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany reference works offer compilations of critical documents covering individual liberty, local autonomy, constitutional order, and other issues that helped to shape the American political tradition. Yet few of these works are available in a form suitable for classroom use, and traditional textbooks give short shrift to these important issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe American Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e overcomes that knowledge gap by providing, in a single volume, critical, original documents revealing the character of American discourse on the nature and importance of local government, the purposes of federal union, and the role of religion and tradition in forming America's drive for liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy bringing together key original documents and other writings that explain cultural, religious, and historical concerns, this volume gives students, teachers, and general readers an effective way to begin examining the diversity of issues and influences that characterize American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result unquestionably leads to a deeper and more thorough understanding of America's political, institutional, and cultural continuity and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTable of Contents: Alphabetical Table of Contents xi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlphabetical List of Authors xiii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eList of Illustrations xv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote on the Texts xxi1 Colonial Settlements and Societies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Articles, Laws, and Orders, 1610 -11 4,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mayflower Compact, 1620 11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639 12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641 15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, 1682 23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDorchester Agreement, 1633 31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaryland Act for Swearing Allegiance, 1638; Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625 32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Little Speech on Liberty,\" John Winthrop, 1645 34\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cotton to Lord Say and Seal,\" John Cotton, 1636 36 2 Religious Society and Religious Liberty in Early America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience,\" Roger Williams, 1644 42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A Platform of Church Discipline,\" John Cotton, Richard Mather, and Ralph Partridge, 1649 48\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvidence Agreement, 1637; Maryland Act for Church Liberties, 1638; Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience, 1682 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorcestriensis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1776 66\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Thanksgiving Proclamation \" and Letters to Religious Associations, George Washington; 1789,1790 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Farewell Address,\" George Washington, 1796 72\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Rights of Conscience Inalienable,\" John Leland, 1791 79\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1802 88 3 Defending the Charters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagna Charta, 1215 92\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetition of Right, 1628 98\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An Account of the Late Revolution in New England\" and \"Boston Declaration of Grievances,\" Nathanael Blyfield, 1689 101\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe English Bill of Rights, 1689 106\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stamp Act, 1765 110\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Braintree Instructions,\" John Adams, 1765 115\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eResolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,\" James Otis, 1763 119\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Act Repealing the Stamp Act, 1766; The Declaratory Act, 1766 135 4 The War for Independence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty,\" \"A Son of Liberty\" [Silas Downer], 1768 140\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,\" Letters V and IX, John Dickinson, 1767-68 146\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeclaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774 154\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Bill of Rights, 1776 157\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,\" Jonathan Boucher, 1775 159\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Thomas Paine, 1776 179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Declaration of Independence, 1776 189 5 A New Constitution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Thoughts on Government,\" John Adams, 1776 196\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArticles of Confederation, 1778 200\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Essex Result, 1778 205\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorthwest Ordinance, 1787 225\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbany Plan of Union, 1754 229\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia and New Jersey Plans, 1787 231\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 234\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Papers 1, 9, 10, 39, 47 -51, 78; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; 1787 241\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention,\" 1787 268\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,\" Noah Webster, 1787 281 6 The Bill of Rights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Papers 84 and 85; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; 1787 300\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter I,\" \"Centinel,\" 1787 309\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Essay I,\" \"Brutus,\" 1787 314\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter III,\" \"The Federal Farmer,\" 1787 320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,\" James Madison, 1785; \" Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1786 327\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,\" James Madison, 1789; Debate over First Amendment Language, 1789; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, 1789 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentaries on the Constitution of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joseph Story, 1833 351\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People v. Ruggles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James Kent, 1811 363\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarbury v. Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Marshall, 1803 366\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarron v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Marshall, 1833 375 7 State versus Federal Authority\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Essay V,\" \"Brutus,\" 1787 382\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChisholm v. Georgia, James Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1793; U.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment, 1787 386\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798; Virginia Resolutions, 1798; Kentucky Resolutions, 1798; Counter-resolutions of Other States,1799; Report of Virginia House of Delegates, 1799 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis,\" Timothy Dwight, 1798 433\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReport of the Hartford Convention, 1815 447\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Story: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833; A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1840 458 8 Forging a Nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1791; \"Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,\" Alexander Hamilton, 1791 474\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Veto Message,\" Andrew Jackson, 1832 491\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Veto Message,\" James Madison, 1817 501\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentaries on the Constitution of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joseph Story, 1833 503\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbraham Lincoln: \"Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,\" 1838;\"Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,\" 1859 518\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Leggett: Newspaper Editorials on \"Direct Taxation,\" 1834; \"Chief Justice Marshall,\" 1835; \"The Despotism of the Majority,\" 1837; \"Morals of Legislation,\" 1837; and \"The Morals of Politics,\" 1837 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech on Electioneering,\" Davy Crockett, 1848 536\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech before the U.S. Senate,\" Daniel Webster, 1830; \"Speech before the U.S. Senate,\" Robert Y. Hayne, 1830 538 \"Fort Hill Address,\" John C. Calhoun, 1831 565 9 Prelude to War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaws Regulating Servants and Slaves, 1630 -1852 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Slavery \" and \"Agriculture and the Militia,\" John Taylor of Caroline, 1818 589\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Missouri Compromise, 1820 -21 594\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Leggett: Newspaper Editorials on \"Governor McDuffie's Message,\" 1835; \"The Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point,\" 1837; and \"'Abolition Insolence, '\" 1837 595\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSenate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster, 1850 600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond Fugitive Slave Law, 1850; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbleman v. Booth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Roger Taney, 1858 633\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott v. Sandford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Roger Taney, 1856 646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes \"and \"The Abolitionists -- Consistency of Their Labors,\" George S. Sawyer, 1858 665\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What Is Slavery?\" and \"Slavery Is Despotism,\" Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1853 690\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKansas-Nebraska Act, 1856; Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858 702 Bibliography 723 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Alphabetical Table of Contents xi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlphabetical List of Authors xiii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eList of Illustrations xv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote on the Texts xxi Connecticut Law Regarding Escape of Negroes and Servants [no date given] 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagna Charta, 1215 92\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Articles, Laws, and Orders, 1610 -11 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mayflower Compact, 1620 11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625 32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetition of Right, 1628 98\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMassachusetts Law on Capture and Protection of Servants, 1630-41 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDorchester Agreement, 1633 31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cotton to Lord Say and Seal,\" John Cotton, 1636 36\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvidence Agreement, 1637 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaryland Act for Church Liberties, 1638 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaryland Act for Swearing Allegiance, 1638 32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639 12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641 15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaryland Law Deeming Runaway Apprentices to Be Felons, 1642 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience,\" Roger Williams, 1644 42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Little Speech on Liberty,\" John Winthrop, 1645 34\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A Platform of Church Discipline,\" John Cotton, Richard Mather, and Ralph Partridge, 1649 48\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, 1682 23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience, 1682 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An Account of the Late Revolution in New England\" and \"Boston Declaration of Grievances,\" Nathanael Byfield, 1689 101\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe English Bill of Rights, 1689 106\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorth Carolina Law against Entertaining Runaways, 1741 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbany Plan of Union, 1754 229\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,\" James Otis, 1763 119\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Braintree Instructions,\" John Adams, 1765 115\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeclarations of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eResolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765 117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stamp Act, 1765 110\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Act Repealing the Stamp Act, 1766 135\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Declaratory Act, 1766 135\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,\" Letters V and IX, John Dickinson, 1767-68 146\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty,\" \"A Son of Liberty\" [Silas Downer], 1768 140\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeclaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774 154\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,\" Jonathan Boucher, 1775 159\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Thomas Paine, 1776 179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Declaration of Independence, 1776 189\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Thoughts on Government,\" John Adams, 1776 196\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Bill of Rights, 1776 157\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorcestriensis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1776 66\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArticles of Confederation, 1778 200\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Essex Result, 1778 205\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,\" James Madison, 1785 327\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1786 327\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention,\" 1787 268\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 234\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Essay I,\" \"Brutus,\" 1787 314\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Essay V,\" \"Brutus,\" 1787 382\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,\" Noah Webster, 1787 281\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Papers 1, 9, 10, 39, 47 -51, 78; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; 1787 241\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Papers 84 and 85; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; 1787 300\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter I,\" \"Centinel,\" 1787 309\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter III,\" \"The Federal Farmer,\" 1787 320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorthwest Ordinance, 1787 225\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eU.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment, 1787 386\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia and New Jersey Plans, 1787 231\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, 1789 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDebate over First Amendment Language, 1789 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, 1789 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetter to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia, 1789 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,\" James Madison, 1789 332\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThanksgiving Proclamation, 1789 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, 1790 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetter to the Roman Catholics in the United States of America, 1790 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1791 474\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,\" Alexander Hamilton, 1791 474\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Rights of Conscience Inalienable,\" John Leland, 1791 79\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChisholm v. Georgia, James Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1793 386\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Fugitive Slave Law, 1793 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Farewell Address,\" George Washington, 1796 72\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis,\" Timothy Dwight, 1798 433\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKentucky Resolutions, 1798 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Resolutions, 1798 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCounter-resolutions of Other States, 1799 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReport of Virginia House of Delegates, 1799 396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,\" Thomas Jefferson, 1802 88\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarbury v. Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Marshall, 1803 366\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People v. Ruggles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James Kent, 1811 363\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReport of the Hartford Convention, 1815 447\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Veto Message,\" James Madison, 1817 501\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Slavery\" and \"Agriculture and the Militia,\" John Taylor of Caroline, 1818 589\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Missouri Compromise, 1820 -21 594\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaryland Resolutions Protesting against Pennsylvanians, 1821 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech before the U.S. Senate,\" Daniel Webster, 1830 538\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech before the U.S. Senate,\" Robert Y. Hayne, 1830 538\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fort Hill Address,\" John C. Calhoun, 1831 565\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Veto Message,\" Andrew Jackson, 1832 491\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarron v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Marshall, 1833 375\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentaries on the Constitution of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joseph Story, 1833 351, 458, 503\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Direct Taxation,\" William Leggett, 1834 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Chief Justice Marshall,\" William Leggett, 1835 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Leggett: Newspaper Editorials on \"Governor McDuffie's Message,\" 1835 595\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"'Abolition Insolence, '\" William Leggett, 1837 595\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Despotism of the Majority,\" William Leggett, 1837 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Morals of Legislation,\" William Leggett, 1837 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Morals of Politics,\" William Leggett, 1837 528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point,\" William Leggett, 1837 595\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbraham Lincoln: \"Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,\" 1838 518\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, Joseph tory, 1840 458\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Speech on Electioneering,\" Davy Crockett, 1848 536\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Constitution and the Union, 1850 600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 633\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpeech on the Slavery Question, John C. Calhoun, 1850 600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlabama Slave Code, 1852 582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott v. Sandford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Roger Taney, 1856 646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What Is Slavery?\" and \"Slavery Is Despotism,\" Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1853 690\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKansas-Nebraska Act, 1856 702\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbleman v. Booth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Roger Taney, 1858 633\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858 702\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes\" and \"The Abolitionists --Consistency of Their Labors,\" George S. Sawyer, 1858 665\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,\" Abraham Lincoln, 1859 518 Bibliography 723\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book can profitably be used as a text for introductory courses or seminars in political science or history for undergraduates, or legal or constitutional history for law students. Especially in the hardcover version it might also make a fine gift or coffee-table volume for any American history buff. Some of these pieces are not easy reading, but the effort is worthwhile, and Frohnen's comments elegantly illuminate the main themes in each...This is, in short, terrific stuff, and Frohnen's book now deserves a place among the four or five best teaching tools for the development of the American republic...This is a discriminating, judicious, and--one is tempted to say--inspired and now indispensable selection of primary sources that will enrich the mind and soul of any American lucky enough to be taught from them. --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen B. 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