Democracy, liberty, and property : the state Constitutional Conventions of the 1820's / / edited by Merrill D. Peterson ; with a foreword to the Liberty Fund edition by G. Alan Tarr

• Autore: Peterson Merrill D
• Pubblicazione: Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.730292
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional conventions - Massachusetts - History; Constitutional history - Massachusetts; Constitutional conventions - New York (State) - History; Constitutional history - New York (State); Constitutional conventions - Virginia - History; Constitutional history - Virginia
• Altri autori: PetersonMerrill D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxv]-xxvii) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The test oath -- The Third Article -- The "poll parish" -- Tax exemption -- The suffrage -- The basis of representation -- Joseph Story on representation -- Daniel Webster on representation -- "Address to the people" -- Statement of the votes for and against the Articles of Amendment, in the several counties -- The Council of Revision and the veto power -- The term of the governor -- The appointive power -- The Senate and the suffrage -- The Negro and the suffrage -- Blasphemy and libel -- Reform of the judiciary -- Cooke on democratic representation -- Upshur on majorities and minorities -- Doddridge in rebuttal -- Leigh on power and property -- Randolph on the federal issue -- Marshall on compromise -- Summers on the Gordon plan -- Gordon on the Gordon plan -- The non-freeholders' memorial -- The freehold suffrage defended -- The reformers' rebuttal -- The executive -- The county courts -- The amendment article -- The question of ratification.
• Sommario/riassunto: In one volume, "Democracy, Liberty, and Property "provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s. With topics as relevant today as they were then, this collection of essential primary sources sheds light on many of the enduring issues of liberty. Emphasizing the connection between federalism and liberty, the debates that took place at these conventions show how questions of liberty were central to the formation of state government, allowing students and scholars to discover important insights into liberty and to develop a better understanding of U.S. history. The debates excerpted in "Democracy, Liberty, and Property "focus on the conventions of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia, and they include contributions from the principal statesmen of the founding era, including John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Marshall. Merrill D. Peterson (1921-2009) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia and a noted Jeffersonian scholar. G. Alan Tarr is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University-Camden.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy, liberty, and property
• ISBN: 1-61487-848-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911095214103321
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