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Editorial Board - Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources [2002]

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The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

About Liberty Fund:

Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.


Editorial Board

Dr. George W. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University.He is the author and editor of several works, including InDefense of the Constitution (Liberty Fund, 1995). Dr. Carey is also editorof the Political Science Reviewer, an annual review ofleading works in political science and related disciplines.

Dr. Danton P. Kostandarithes has served as chairman of the SocialStudies Department at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, since 1996.He earned his doctoral degree in American diplomatic history from TulaneUniversity in 1992. Dr. Kostandarithes currently teaches American history andadvanced placement U.S. history at the Bolles School.

Dr. Charles Reid is Research Associate in Law and Religion at the EmoryUniversity School of Law. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University,and law and canon law degrees from the Catholic University of America. Hisarticles have appeared in numerous law reviews and professional journals,including the Michigan Law Review, Boston College LawReview, and Studia Canonica.

Dr. Barry Alan Shain is an Associate Professor of Political Science atColgate University. He teaches courses in modern European and Americanpolitical thought. Dr. Shain is the author of The Myth ofAmerican Individualism: The Protestant Origins of American PoliticalThought, which is in its third printing by Princeton University Press.

Contents

  • Alphabetical Table of Contents xi
  • Alphabetical List of Authors xiii
  • List of Illustrations xv
  • Introduction xvii
  • Note on the Texts xxi

I Colonial Settlements and Societies

  • Virginia Articles, Laws, and Orders, 1610–11 4
  • The Mayflower Compact, 1620 11
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639 12
  • The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641 15
  • Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, 1682 23
  • Dorchester Agreement, 1633 31
  • Maryland Act for Swearing Allegiance, 1638; Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625 32
  • “Little Speech on Liberty,” john winthrop, 1645 34
  • “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

  • “The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience,” roger williams, 1644 42
  • “A Platform of Church Discipline,” john cotton, richard mather, and ralph partridge, 1649 48
  • Providence Agreement, 1637; Maryland Act for Church Liberties, 1638; Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience, 1682 64
  • Worcestriensis, 1776 66
  • “Thanksgiving Proclamation” and Letters to Religious Associations, george washington; 1789, 1790 69
  • “Farewell Address,” george washington, 1796 72
  • “The Rights of Conscience Inalienable,” john leland, 1791 79
  • “Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,” thomas jefferson, 1802 88

3 Defending the Charters

  • Magna Charta, 1215 92
  • Petition of Right, 1628 98
  • “An Account of the Late Revolution in New England” and “Boston Declaration of Grievances,” nathanael blyfield, 1689 101
  • The English Bill of Rights, 1689 106
  • The Stamp Act, 1765 110
  • “Braintree Instructions,” john adams, 1765 115
  • Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 117
  • “The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,” james otis, 1763 119
  • The Act Repealing the Stamp Act, 1766; The Declaratory Act, 1766 135

4 The War for Independence

  • “A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty,” “a son of liberty” [silas downer], 1768 140
  • “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,” Letters V and IX, john dickinson, 1767–68 146
  • Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774 154
  • Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 157
  • “On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,” jonathan boucher, 1775 159
  • Common Sense, thomas paine, 1776 179
  • The Declaration of Independence, 1776 189

5 A New Constitution

  • “Thoughts on Government,” john adams, 1776 196
  • Articles of Confederation, 1778 200
  • The Essex Result, 1778 205
  • Northwest Ordinance, 1787 225
  • Albany Plan of Union, 1754 229
  • Virginia and New Jersey Plans, 1787 231
  • The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 234
  • The Federalist, Papers 1, 9, 10, 39, 47–51, 78; alexander hamilton, james madison, and john jay; 1787 241
  • “Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention,” 1787 268
  • “An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,” noah webster, 1787 281

6 The Bill of Rights

  • The Federalist, Papers 84 and 85; alexander hamilton, james madison, and john jay; 1787 300
  • “Letter I,” “centinel,” 1787 309
  • “Essay I,” “brutus,” 1787 314
  • “Letter III,” “the federal farmer,” 1787 320
  • “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,” james madison, 1785; “Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” thomas jefferson, 1786 327
  • “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
  • Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, joseph story, 1833 351
  • The People v. Ruggles, james kent, 1811 363
  • Marbury v. Madison, john marshall, 1803 366
  • Barron v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, john marshall, 1833 375

7 State versus Federal Authority

  • “Essay V,” “brutus,” 1787 382
  • Chisholm v. Georgia, james wilson, 1793; U.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment, 1787 386
  • The 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
  • “The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis,” timothy dwight, 1798 433
  • Report of the Hartford Convention, 1815 447
  • joseph story: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833; A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, 1840 458

8 Forging a Nation

  • “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
  • “Veto Message,” andrew jackson, 1832 491
  • “Veto Message,” james madison, 1817 501
  • Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, joseph story, 1833 503
  • abraham lincoln: “Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,” 1838; “Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” 1859 518
  • william 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
  • “Speech on Electioneering,” davy crockett, 1848 536
  • “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

  • Laws Regulating Servants and Slaves, 1630–1852 582
  • “Slavery” and “Agriculture and the Militia,” john taylor of caroline, 1818 589
  • The Missouri Compromise, 1820–21 594
  • william leggett: Newspaper Editorials on “Governor McDuffie’s Message,” 1835; “The Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point,” 1837; and “‘Abolition Insolence,’” 1837 595
  • Senate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, john c. calhoun and daniel webster, 1850 600
  • Second Fugitive Slave Law, 1850; Ableman v. Booth, roger taney, 1858 633
  • Scott v. Sandford, roger taney, 1856 646
  • “The Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes” and “The Abolitionists—Consistency of Their Labors,” george s. sawyer, 1858 665
  • “What Is Slavery?” and “Slavery Is Despotism,” harriet beecher stowe, 1853 690
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1856; Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858 702
  • Bibliography 723