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Joseph Warren’s Final Oration: Against Standing Armies and Arbitrary Power

Joseph Warren’s Final Oration: Against Standing Armies and Arbitrary Power

by Michael Boldin | Mar 5, 2025 | American Revolution, Founding Principles, History, Joseph Warren

“Act worthy of yourselves.” That’s how the great patriot and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren urged the people to commemorate the Boston Massacre, which happened today in history – March 5, 1770. In the face of a standing army occupier – and...
Luther Martin’s Warning: The Constitution as a Threat to State Sovereignty

Luther Martin’s Warning: The Constitution as a Threat to State Sovereignty

by Mike Maharrey | Jan 16, 2025 | AntiFederalists, Constitution, Luther Martin, Ratification Debates

Luther Martin, a prominent Anti-Federalist, warned that the proposed Constitution would destroy state sovereignty by concentrating power in a centralized national government. One of the few opponents of the constitution to attend as a delegate to the Philadelphia...
The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies

The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies

by Michael Boldin | Apr 24, 2024 | Constitution, Founding Principles, Militia

One of the primary reasons the founders wanted a strong militia system with a well-armed general public was to minimize or even eliminate the need for a large, permanent standing army, even in times of peace.  Most people in the founding generation were extremely wary...
Informing the Founders: A Short History of Standing Armies in England

Informing the Founders: A Short History of Standing Armies in England

by TJ Martinell | Nov 1, 2023 | Founding Principles

The founding generation harbored a deep distrust of standing armies. This flowed not only from their first-hand experience with the British, but also from arguments against permanent military forces rooted in English tradition. John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were...
Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery

Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery

by TJ Martinell | Apr 3, 2023 | 2nd Amendment, Founding Principles

Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining a false “pro-slavery” interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. In efforts to undermine the Second Amendment, gun control advocates advance a variety of arguments claiming it...
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