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John Randolph of Roanoke

Jeffersonians Against Imperialism

By Clyde Wilson

J. William Fulbright, The Arrogance of Power, 1966 and The Price of Empire, 1967 Robert C. Byrd, Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, 2004 Known and celebrated as a “liberal” during the Vietnam… »

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  • Clyde Wilson
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The Place of Nathaniel Macon in Southern History

By William E. Dodd

Many who are well acquainted with Southern history are almost entirely unfamiliar with the historical character of Nathaniel Macon. He is often mentioned by the best of authors as a North Carolinian, as a Georgian,… »

  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Nathaniel Macon
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  • William E. Dodd

Democracy vs. Aristocracy in Virginia in 1830

By Jeffrey R. Brackett

There is in some of our libraries a certain book which the writer of this article ventures to believe is not gener­ally as familiar as it should be to the student of politics. For himself,… »

  • Abel P. Upshur
  • Democracy
  • James Madison
  • James Monroe
  • Jeffrey R. Brackett
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Southern Political Tradition
  • Virginia
  • William Branch Giles

John Randolph of Roanoke and the Formation of a Southern Conservatism

By John Devanny

One of the great issues of American political history is whether an authentic American conservatism exists.  This is a crucial question for Southerners, as the South is historically viewed as the most conservative of the… »

  • John Devanny
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Russell Kirk
  • Southern Conservatism

The Fighting Gamecock: Thomas Sumter

By M.E. Bradford

Thomas Sumter in his encounters with the Indian na­tions enters the pages of recorded history. He had prob­ably been present at the fall of Fort Duquesne and in the campaign across the Ohio River and… »

  • American War for Independence
  • John C. Calhoun
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • M.E. Bradford
  • Nullification
  • Southern Founders
  • Thomas Sumter

Russell Kirk’s Southern Sensibilities: A Celebration

By Alan Cornett

. .the South—alone among the civilized communities of the nine­teenth century—had hardihood sufficient for an appeal to arms against the iron new order which, a vague instinct whispered to Southerners, was inimical to the sort… »

  • Alan Cornett
  • John C. Calhoun
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Russell Kirk
  • Southern Conservatism

Tidewater Wit and Wisdom

By John Devanny

An honest man can never be outdone in courtesy. A sensual life is a miserable life. The contempt of death makes all the miseries of life easy to us. -Taken from Seneca’s Dialogues, a primer… »

  • John Devanny
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southernisms
  • Thomas Jefferson

A Character Sketch: John Randolph of Roanoke

By Frederick William Thomas

Editor’s Note: This piece is, at times, harsh in its assessment of Randolph’s character and motives, but the anecdotes and language make it a fun read.  Randolph was eccentric, perhaps the greatest orator Virginia ever… »

  • Frederick William Thomas
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
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Agrarianism and Cultural Renewal

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

This essay was originally printed at The Imaginative Conservative. Among the contributions to I’ll Take My Stand, Allen Tate’s “Remarks on the Southern Religion” is usually interpreted as the most acerbic, immoderate, and unusual essay… »

  • Agrarianism
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • I'll Take My Stand
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • M.E. Bradford
  • Southern Culture
  • Thomas Jefferson

Sayings By or For Southerners, Part XVIII

By Clyde Wilson

Wherever you bluebellies go you cause trouble. . . . Yankees always lie. –Clint Eastwood, “Ambush at Cimarron Pass,” 1958. For every right wing lunatic in a cabin in Idaho, there are 500 left wing… »

  • Clint Eastwood
  • Clyde Wilson
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • Southernisms

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