The Legacy of Anti-Federalism

By James McClellan

A review of The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 by Saul Cornell (University of North Carolina Press, 1999). The Anti-Federalists who opposed ratification of the Constitution have not fared well among… »

Heil to the Chief

By James McClellan

A Review of: The American Presidency: An Intellectual History by Forrest McDonald Kansas, 1994. Since the surrender at Appomattox, the South has been virtually excluded from two of the three branches of the national government.… »

1875 – Discourse on the Nature of the American Union – George Ticknor Curtis

By James McClellan

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1877 – Address at the Annual Commencement of the University of Maryland – John Randolph Tucker

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1872 – State Sovereignty Record of Massachusetts – A Son of Norfolk

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1865 – Sovereignty and Its Bearing Upon Secession and State Rights – Emory Washburn

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1863 – Nullification and Compromise A Retrospective View – James Mason Williams

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1861 – Two Lectures on the Constitution of the United States – Francis Lieber

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1861 – The State of the Country – JH Thornwell

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1861 – Secession Concession or Self-Possession (Missing Pages 32-33) – [JP Clarke]

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