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      “Morals of Politics, The,” WILLIAM LEGGETT

      New Jersey Plan

      North Carolina Law against Entertaining Runaways

      Northwest Ordinance

      “On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,” JONATHAN BOUCHER

      “Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” THOMAS JEFFERSON

      “Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,” ALEXANDER HAMILTON

      Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience

      People v. Ruggles, The, JAMES KENT

      Petition of Right

      “Platform of Church Discipline, A”

      Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity

      Providence Agreement

      “Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point, The,” WILLIAM LEGGETT

      “Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes, The,” GEORGE S. SAWYER

      Report of the Hartford Convention

      Report of Virginia House of Delegates

      Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses

      Responses to the Virginia Resolutions, Kentucky, 1798; All Others, 1799

      “Rights of Conscience Inalienable, The,” JOHN LELAND

      “Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, The,” JAMES OTIS

      Scott v. Sandford, ROGER TANEY

      Second Fugitive Slave Law, 1850

      Sedition Act

      Senate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, JOHN C. CALHOUN and DANIEL WEBSTER

      “Slavery,” JOHN TAYLOR OF CAROLINE

      “Slavery Is Despotism,” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

      “Speech before the U.S. Senate,” DANIEL WEBSTER

      “Speech before the U.S. Senate,” ROBERT Y. HAYNE

      “Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,” JAMES MADISON

      “Speech on Electioneering,” DAVY CROCKETT

      “Speech on the Slavery Question,” JOHN C. CALHOUN

      Stamp Act, The

      “Thanksgiving Proclamation,” GEORGE WASHINGTON

      “Thoughts on Government,” JOHN ADAMS

      U.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment

      “Veto Message,” ANDREW JACKSON

      “Veto Message,” JAMES MADISON

      Virginia and New Jersey Plans

      Virginia Articles, Laws, and Orders

      “Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” THOMAS JEFFERSON

      Virginia Bill of Rights

      Virginia Plan

      Virginia Resolutions

      “What Is Slavery?” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

      Worcestriensis, Number IV

Alphabetical List of Authors

      Adams, John

      Boucher, Jonathan

      “Brutus” [Robert Yates?]

      Bryan, Robert

      Byfield, Nathanael

      Calhoun, John C.

      “Centinel” [Samuel Bryan?]

      Cotton, John

      Crockett, Davy

      Dickinson, John

      Dwight, Timothy

      “Federal Farmer, The” [Melancton Smith]

      Hamilton, Alexander

      Hayne, Robert Y.

      Jackson, Andrew

      Jay, John

      Jefferson, Thomas

      Kent, James

      Leggett, William

      Leland, John

      Lincoln, Abraham

      Madison, James

      Marshall, John

      Mather, Richard

      Otis, James

      Paine, Thomas

      Partridge, Ralph

      Sawyer, George S.

      “Son of Liberty, A” [Silas Downer]

      Story, Joseph

      Stowe, Harriet Beecher

      Taney, Roger

      Taylor, John, of Caroline

      Washington, George

      Webster, Daniel

      Webster, Noah

      Williams, John

      Williams, Roger

      Wilson, James

      Winthrop, John

Introduction

      In the latter decades of the twentieth century scholars working in various subfields of American history brought a great deal of formerly neglected material to light. This material concerns issues ranging from the role of religious arguments and leaders in public life, to the breadth of historical understanding characterizing public debate, to the specifically British memories and sensibilities of Americans, to the importance of early constitutional documents and Americans’ constitutional sophistication. In each of these areas the new material СКАЧАТЬ