Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on July 2nd, 1776. Twelve colonies voted in favor. None opposed. New York abstained because its delegates...
The Federal Farmer: The Constitution Would Lead to a Complete Consolidation
During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, one of the most influential and important series of papers were written by the Federal Farmer, an anti-federalist who forcefully warned that the proposed federal government would lead to consolidation and a...
What’s Next? Nullify! And then Nullify Some More
This is last night’s Tenther newsletter, which everyone in the nullification movement gets daily or weekly. Be one of them. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for -Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) As I write this, it’s...