Blog The Gathering Mystique of Union ‘Union’ neither denotes nor explicates a form of government. It is a word estranged in…Vito MussomeliApril 4, 2022
Blog Mr. Lincoln’s “Lost Speech” "May 29, 1856 "Abraham Lincoln, of Sangamon, came upon the platform amid deafening applause. He…Vito MussomeliDecember 2, 2020
Blog Gouverneur Morris in 1812 Northern secession was openly in the political brew again. Eleven (11) years before, Jefferson had…Vito MussomeliJuly 31, 2020
Review Posts The Secession Movement in the Middle States A review of The Secession Movement in the Middle Atlantic States (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,…Vito MussomeliOctober 29, 2019
Review Posts The Barber of Natchez Review of The Barber of Natchez (LSU, 1954, 1973) edited by Edwin Adams Davis and William…Vito MussomeliJuly 23, 2019
Blog The Defining Differences Between the United States and Confederate Constitutions 'Their revolution (the South in 1861) ... was in fact an act of restoration, for…Vito MussomeliMarch 15, 2019
Review Posts A Black Sugar Planter in the Old South A review of Andrew Durnford, A Black Sugar Planter in the Antebellum South by David O.…Vito MussomeliNovember 20, 2018
Blog Sam Houston and Texas Secession "Lincoln, under no circumstances, would I vote for ... So, I say, stand by the…Vito MussomeliJuly 12, 2018
Review Posts The World They Made Together A review of The World They Made Together, Black and White Values in Eighteenth Century…Vito MussomeliDecember 12, 2017
Blog American Sovereignty and “Unconditional Loyalty” Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free: Beginning of Jefferson's Statue for Religious Freedom,…Vito MussomeliSeptember 25, 2017
Review Posts Reconsidering Luther Martin A review of Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet, The Life of Luther Martin, by Bill Kauffman,…Vito MussomeliAugust 29, 2017
Review Posts Kaitlin of Christmas The true story of a girl’s human love embracing the Christ-calling in each of us…Vito MussomeliDecember 19, 2016
Blog Save Federalism, Save the Electoral College Discussing immigration and sanctuary cities, Bill O'Reilly began speaking of the coming clash of two…Vito MussomeliDecember 1, 2016
Review Posts Slavery in the Confederate Constitution ...... Although I have never Sought popularity by any animated Speeches or Inflammatory publications against…Vito MussomeliOctober 20, 2015
Review Posts A Sympathy for Disunion A Sympathy for Disunion "This, Mr. President, is not a government founded upon compact; it…Vito MussomeliFebruary 24, 2015
Blog Christmas Clover By Vito Mussomeli and Patrick Ward Inching down the hillside among wet clover, careful…Vito MussomeliDecember 25, 2014
Blog Understanding Jefferson and Sovereignty The most fundamental elements of government are wealth and power. Their interplay is forever to…Vito MussomeliNovember 14, 2014
Blog Where Mason Left Us This essay is in honor of George Mason's death, October 7, 1792. He wrote the…Vito MussomeliOctober 13, 2014
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