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ISBN#: 0895263003
Volume 4 of the Conservative Leadership Series
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These classic commentaries on our Constitution are among the most powerful weapons in the conservative arsenal.
Shouldn't they be in yours?
The Federalist
by John Church Hamilton (Editor)
Popularly known as “The Federalist Papers,” The Federalist (as originally titled) is a collection of anonymous essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, meant to drum up popular support for the proposed Constitution. The text in this edition is taken from the 1864 version edited by John Church Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s fourth son.
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No book or document outside the Constitution itself is cited more often in our national political debates than The Federalist (popularly known as “The Federalist Papers”). On issue after issue -- impeachment, taxes, the proper size and scope of government -- this collection of constitutional commentaries by three of our most influential Founders are invoked nearly every day, more than 200 years after they first appeared.
Conservatives in particular have long recognized the importance of The Federalist, because it offers the clearest insight into the “original intent” of the Constitution’s framers. Now, the Club proudly presents this essential volume of American political philosophy in collector’s-quality hardcover, as the fourth volume in our own Conservative Leadership Series. Taken from the rare 1864 version edited by Alexander Hamilton’s son, this definitive edition contains important supplementary documents contained in no other edition available today.
Crucial evidence in the case against Big Government
The Federalist comprises 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in 1787-88 to convince the New York ratifying convention to accept the new Constitution. The authors wrote under the pseudonym "Publius" -- after Publius Valerius, a founder of the Roman republic noted for his great eloquence in the cause of liberty. Their genius was to explain the logic of the Constitutional system and show that it was possible, through that system, to have a strong federal government without destroying state sovereignty.
Ironically, despite its origins in defense of national government, The Federalist has become a key weapon in the war against the kind of Big Government we have today -- because to Hamilton, Madison and Jay, the proposed Constitution plainly disallowed the federal government from assuming any powers or activities not explicitly delegated to it. If taken seriously, that view would force the dismantling of much of our present federal apparatus, and the repeal of thousands of intrusive laws and regulations.
Yet The Federalist also endures as a classic statement of the requirements for well ordered liberty, providing a lasting understanding of its bases in human nature and common law. In plain language aimed at the thoughtful citizen, these essays:
- illuminate the eternal problems of free government, including the inevitability of conflicting interests and factions;
- clarify the need for rulers who will seek the common good and the need for popular consent and "auxiliary precautions" to maintain the rulers' virtue;
- spell out the secret of lasting free government: balanced, separated political powers constructed in accordance with the character and traditions of the people and protecting the prerogatives necessary for vital local communities.
The text of this edition is taken from the 1864 version edited by John Church Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's fourth son. It includes a lengthy Historical Notice, the complete "Continentalist" -- Hamilton's precursor to The Federalist -- as well as the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, several resolutions calling for a Constitutional Convention, Hamilton's writings against half-measures such as state agreements on taxation and trade, and the writings of "Philo Publius" or "Friend of Publius."
These additional materials provide a useful corrective to the many histories of America's founding era that ignore or downplay the long, heated controversy that raged over the proper nature and extent of federal power. Both Hamiltons shared the almost universal American concern for limited government, decentralized administration and the separation of powers. These concerns, as shown by The Federalist, required the maintenance of strong state and local governments and the strict separation of powers at the national level. Thus, those today who share the concern for well-ordered liberty paramount to the framers will find much in this volume to bolster their arguments.
Discover the Founders’ “original intent” on scores of important topics like these:
Abuses of power * Amendments * Appointments * Apportionment * Articles of Confederation * Assemblies * Bill of Rights * Character * Census * Checks and Balances * Church-state relations * Citizenship * Civil Rights * Class interests * Coinage * Commander in Chief * Commerce * Congress * Consolidation * Constitution of the United States * Contracts * Conventions * Corruption * Counterfeiting * Courts * Currency * Debt, public * Defense, national * Democracy vs. Republic * Despotism, elective * Diplomacy * Elections * Executive branch * Expenses of government * Factionalism * Federalism * Foreign Relations * Gold and silver * House of Representatives * Impeachment * Indian tribes * Insurrection * Interstate powers and commerce * Judiciary * Jurisdiction * Jury trial * Land taxes * Legal enforcement * Legislation * Legislatures * Military * Militia * Minorities * National security * Naturalization * Pardons * Patents * Pluralism * Poll taxes * Powers * President of the United States * Press freedom * Property * Public officials * Representation * Removal from office * Revenue * Republic * Roads * Sedition * Senate * Separation of powers * Slavery * Standing armies * States’ powers and rights * Suffrage * Supreme Court * Taxes * Terms of office * Territorial disputes * Trade * Treason * Treaties * Veto power * Vice President * Voting * War powers
Alert to parents, homeschoolers
The Federalist is one of the essential documents in American history -- and as such is indispensable to your child’s education. This edition is designed to serve equally well as an authoritative reference for adults and as a text for students.
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