Protecting Duties Are Unconstitutional
John Taylor, of Caroline County Virginia, was the preeminent theorist of Jeffersonian Old Republicanism. He was a strong advocate of individual and states rights in the face of the growing power of the federal government (“tyranny”) and opposed increased tariffs and...
A Gift for My Daughter
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Dec. 2002. A previous version of it was published on Dec. 25, 1966, dedicated to Harry’s then 9-year-old daughter. It’s Christmas, and I have the usual problem of deciding what to give you. I know you might enjoy...
James Madison on the Constitution and War Powers
James Madison, excerpted from “Political Observations,” April 20, 1795 in Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, Volume IV, page 491. Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every...