The American Republic

The American Republic provides, in a single volume, critical, original documents revealing the character of American discourse on the nature and importance of local government, the purposes of federal union, and the role of religion and tradition in forming America's drive for liberty.

Bruce Frohnen is assistant professor of law at the Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Alphabetical Table of Contents

xi

Alphabetical List of Authors

xiii

List of Illustrations

xv

Introduction

xvii

Note on the Texts

xxi

Colonial Settlements and Societies

Virginia Articles, Laws, and Orders, 1610-11

4

(7)

The Mayflower Compact, 1620

11

(1)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

12

(3)

The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641

15

(8)

Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, 1682

23

(8)

Dorchester Agreement, 1633

31

(1)

Maryland Act for Swearing Allegiance, 1638; Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625

32

(2)

``Little Speech on Liberty,'' 1645

34

(2)

John Winthrop

``Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cotton to Lord Say and Seal,'' 1636

36

(6)

John Cotton

Religious Society and Religious Liberty in Early America

``The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience,'' 1644

42

(6)

Roger Williams

``A Platform of Church Discipline,'' 1649

48

(16)

John Cotton

Richard Mather

Ralph Partridge

Providence Agreement, 1637; Maryland Act for Church Liberties, 1638; Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience, 1682

64

(2)

Worcestriensis, 1776

66

(3)

``Thanksgiving Proclamation'' and Letters to Religious Associations 1789, 1790

69

(3)

George Washington

``Farewell Address,'' 1796

72

(7)

George Washington

``The Rights of Conscience Inalienable,'' 1791

79

(9)

John Leland

``Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,'' 1802

88

(4)

Thomas Jefferson

Defending the Charters

Magna Charta, 1215

92

(6)

Petition of Right, 1628

98

(3)

``An Account of the Late Revolution in New England'' and ``Boston Declaration of Grievances,'' 1689

101

(5)

Nathanael Blyfield

The English Bill of Rights, 1689

106

(4)

The Stamp Act, 1765

110

(5)

``Braintree Instructions,'' 1765

115

(2)

John Adams

Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765

117

(2)

``The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,'' 1763

119

(16)

James Otis

The Act Repealing the Stamp Act, 1766; The Declaratory Act, 1766

135

(5)

The War for Independence

``A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty,'' ``A Son of Liberty'' 1768

140

(6)

Silas Downer

``Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,'' Letters V and IX, 1767-68

146

(8)

John Dickinson

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774

154

(3)

Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776

157

(2)

``On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,'' 1775

159

(20)

Jonathan Boucher

Common Sense, Thomas Paine, 1776

179

(10)

The Declaration of Independence, 1776

189

(7)

A New Constitution

``Thoughts on Government,'' 1776

196

(4)

John Adams

Articles of Confederation, 1778

200

(5)

The Essex Result, 1778

205

(20)

Northwest Ordinance, 1787

225

(4)

Albany Plan of Union, 1754

229

(2)

Virginia and New Jersey Plans, 1787

231

(3)

The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787

234

(7)

The Federalist, Papers 1, 9, 10, 39, 47-51, 78

241

(27)

Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

John Jay

``Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention,'' 1787

268

(13)

``An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,'' 1787

281

(19)

Noah Webster

The Bill of Rights

The Federalist, Papers 84 and 85

300

(9)

Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

John Jay

``Letter I,'' ``Centinel,'' 1787

309

(5)

``Essay I,'' ``Brutus,'' 1787

314

(6)

``Letter III,'' ``The Federal Farmer,'' 1787

320

(7)

``Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,'' 1785

327

(5)

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson

``Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,'' 1789

James Madison

Debate over First Amendment Language, 1789; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, 1789

332

(19)

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

351

(12)

Joseph Story

The People v. Ruggles, 1811

363

(3)

James Kent

Marbury v. Madison, 1803

366

(9)

John Marshall

Barron v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1833

375

(7)

John Marshall

State versus Federal Authority

``Essay V,'' ``Brutus,'' 1787

382

(4)

Chisholm v. Georgia, James Wilson, 1793; U.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment, 1787

386

(10)

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

(37)

``The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis,'' 1798

433

(14)

Timothy Dwight

Report of the Hartford Convention, 1815

447

(11)

Joseph Story: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833; A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, 1840

458

(16)

Forging a Nation

``Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,'' 1791

Thomas Jefferson

``Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,'' 1791

474

(17)

Alexander Hamilton

``Veto Message,'' 1832

491

(10)

Andrew Jackson

``Veto Message,'' 1817

501

(2)

James Madison

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

503

(15)

Joseph Story

``Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,'' 1838; ``Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,'' 1859

518

(10)

Abraham Lincoln

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

(8)

William Leggett

``Speech on Electioneering,'' 1848

536

(2)

Davy Crockett

``Speech before the U.S. Senate,'' 1830

Daniel Webster

``Speech before the U.S. Senate,'' 1830

538

(27)

Robert Y. Hayne

``Fort Hill Address,'' 1831

565

(17)

John C. Calhoun

Prelude to War

Laws Regulating Servants and Slaves, 1630-1852

582

(7)

``Slavery'' and ``Agriculture and the Militia,'' John Taylor of Caroline, 1818

589

(5)

The Missouri Compromise, 1820-21

594

(1)

Newspaper Editorials on ``Governor McDuffie's Message,'' 1835; ``The Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point,'' 1837; and ```Abolition Insolence,''' 1837

595

(5)

William Leggett

Senate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850

600

(33)

John C. Calhoun

Daniel Webster

Second Fugitive Slave Law, 1850; Ableman v. Booth, 1858

633

(13)

Roger Taney

Scott v. Sandford, 1856

646

(19)

Roger Taney

``The Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes'' and ``The Abolitionists--Consistency of Their Labors,'' 1858

665

(25)

George S. Sawyer

``What Is Slavery?'' and ``Slavery Is Despotism,'' 1853

690

(12)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1856; Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858

702

(21)

Bibliography

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