A Guide To The Right Understanding Of Our American Union; Or, Political, Economical, And Literary Miscellanies - Softcover

A B Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371436141 ISBN 13: 9780371436141

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

A Guide To The Right Understanding Of Our American Union; Or, Political, Economical, And Literary Miscellanies by A B Johnson is a 19th?century collection of political essays and reflections on the United States. The work blends discussions of general and state government with analyses of slavery, territorial self?government, constitutional theory, and the powers and limits of Congress. It advances a view of strict constitutional construction and emphasizes the sovereignty of people and states within the Union. The miscellany surveys financial questions, banking, and public improvements, including debates over the Bank, the veto, and executive power, while also addressing monetary policy, usury, life insurance vs. savings banks, and corporate governance. Throughout, Johnson advocates federalism, civil liberty, and the responsible exercise of power by local communities as a means to preserve national unity and promote melioration through voluntary self?government. The text situates American liberty as balanced by constitutional restraint and local sovereignty, yet aimed at enduring union and national prosperity.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371436141
• ISBN 13: 9780371436141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426