General Review of the Colonies (Cont.) – Joseph Story’s Commentaries, Ch. 17
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 17, GENERAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIES (CONT.)
§ 159. IN...
What Form of Government Do We Have Anyway?
JONATHAN DOLHENTY, PH.D.
I remember some years ago when a certain group of political activists used to go around promoting the idea that "America is...
Joseph Story on “Complete Decentralization”
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In Justice Joseph Story's classic 1883 work, "Commentaries on the U.S. Constitution", he writes of the concept we now refer...
General Review of the Colonies: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch....
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 16, GENERAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIES
§ 146. We have now...
Georgia: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch. 15
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 15, GEORGIA
§ 143. In the same year, in which Carolina...
North and South Carolina: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch. 14
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 14, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
§ 128. WE next come to...
Delaware: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch. 13
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 13, DELAWARE
§ 126. AFTER Penn had become proprietary of Pennsylvania,...
Pennsylvania: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch. 12
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 12, PENNSYLVANIA
§ 121. PENNSYLVANIA was originally settled by different...
New Jersey: Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Vol. 1, Ch. 11
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 11, NEW JERSEY
§ 115. New Jersey, as we have...
New York – Commentaries on the Constitution, by Joseph Story
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 10, NEW YORK
§ 111. New York was originally settled by...
Ben Franklin: Have We Now Forgotten That Powerful Friend?
Liberty Letters, Benjamin Franklin
In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this...
Maryland—Vol. 1, Ch. 9, Commentaries on the Constitution, by Joseph Story
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 9, MARYLAND
§ 103. THE province of Maryland was included...
Thoughts on Government, by John Adams—1776
FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY: MAJOR WORKS, 1776
Editor's Introduction: In January 1776, six months prior to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and eleven years...
The Federalist Papers — No. 4 — John Jay
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Wednesday, November 7, 1787
Concerning Powers From Foreign Force and Influence
MY LAST paper assigned several reasons why the safety of the people...
Novanglus Essay No. 1: John Adams
John Adams lays out the American position on the natural rights of individual Americans and the rights enjoyed by all colonial governments under British law.
Magna Carta or The Great Charter of Liberties
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; "(the) Great Charter")
GRANTED JUNE...
Rhode Island—Vol. 1, Ch. 8, Commentaries on the Constitution, by Joseph Story
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 8, RHODE ISLAND
§ 94. RHODE ISLAND was originally settled by...
Notes of Debates In the Continental Congress: 1775, 1776
Founders Corner Library: Major Works, John Adams
Edited by Charles Henry Adams
1775 and 1776
All the notes made by Mr. Adams, during these years, have been...
Connecticut: Vol. 1, Ch. 7, Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833
Volume 1, Chapter 7, CONNECTICUT
§ 84. CONNECTICUT was originally settled under the protection...
Federalist Papers, No. 3, John Jay
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November 3, 1787
Plea for Union Continued
IT IS not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the...
Federalist Papers, No. 2, John Jay
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Wednesday, October 31, 1787
Plea for Union
WHEN the people of America reflect that they are now called upon to decide a...
Constitutional Checks on Spending and Debt
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In the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, George Mason of Virginia, suggested:
the necessity of preventing the danger of...
A Guide to Reading John Locke’s Concerning Civil Government: Second Essay
By Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff
In the history of human liberty, Locke's essay Concerning Civil Government stands out not only as a great...
Bastiat: Defining Law, Its Source, Its Legitimate Role and Limits
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
French Philosopher Frédéric Bastiat loved to get to the root of things.
In his 1852 classic "The Law" he teaches:
It is...
Bastiat: The Gentle and Rough Hand of the State
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Many today look to the state for for a hand up, hand out, or for some other sort of privilege...
Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, by John Milton
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1644, by John Milton
TO THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND
This is true Liberty, when freeborn men,
Having to advise the public, may...
Federalist Papers, No. 1, Alexander Hamilton
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To the People of the State of New York—October 27, 1787
Introduction
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the...
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
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St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, March 23, 1775
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism,...
Washington’s Farewell Address
With slight shades of difference you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. George Washington
Benjamin Franklin – Satire On Extreme Notions of Freedom of the Press
FOUNDERS CORNER: LETTERS: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
For the Federal Gazette, 12 September 1789
An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature In Pennsylvania, Viz. The Court of...