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Today s fascination with the Founding Fathers extends to nearly every facet of their lives, save for their actual works as viewed by their colleagues of the day. Perhaps this version of events of the origins of the Constitutional era in the United States would be better understood had the Southern and Federal States fought to a draw in 1865. But, with a crushing Southern defeat on the horizon, Virginia s Albert Taylor Bledsoe was sent to Europe to plead the Southern cause and begin preparing a defense for Southern Leaders utilizing the historical record of the Founders writing, ratifying and life under the U.S. Constitution. This book is the result of that effort. Is Davis A Traitor properly read, is an American defense attorney s greatest effort, providing a compelling, often hysterical court case for the legality of the Southern States Constitutional exercise of their right of secession. When the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 wrapped up business in September and presented their final draft of a new Constitution to the States, proponents of the document insisted that the Union was unaltered and that the States retained all powers not delegated to the general government. These same men called it a compact, a federal rather than a national government, and sought to soothe fears that the Constitution would allow the general government to run roughshod over the liberties of the people and the powers of the States. Then Joseph Story, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln got hold of it and everything changed. With caustic wit, clear prose, and superb research, Albert Taylor Bledsoe s Is Davis a Traitor? presents the Founding Fathers side of the story. This little book is a defense of the original Constitution as understood by the founding generation. Is Davis A Traitor? is an entertaining page turner that will enlighten and entertain readers who seek a true restoration of The U.S. Constitution s original meaning. Though written in 1866, it is a timeless commentary, one that every American should read and every student of the Constitution should digest. It will change your mind.
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About the Author:
Has been host of the nationally heard Mike Church Show since 1992. He has produced 7, feature length documentaries on the American Founding including The Spirit of 76 & What Lincoln Killed-EPISODE I . Mike has been a featured speaker across the country on the Founders. Mike lives in Madisonville, LA with his wife and 3 children. Dr. Brion McClanahan is the author or co-author of five books including The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. He has written for numerous websites including The Daily Caller & LewRockwell. He received a B.A. in History from Salisbury University in 1997 and an M.A. in History from the University of South Carolina in 1999. He finished his Ph.D. in History at the University of South Carolina in 2006.
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Albert Taylor Bledsoe's Is Davis a Traitor? is, without exception, the finest book on the subject of the constitutional right of secession ever written. Its clarity and force know no equal. Its argument awaits a nationalist response still, nearly 150 years since its publication. This new edition from Mike Church and Brion McClanhan makes the book accessible for contemporary readers" --Kevin R.C. Gutzman Author of James Madison & The Making of America --Professor Kevin R.C. Gutzman
Was the United States federal government intended to be, as other governments, an eternal and self-justifying power? Was the consent of the governed at its founding a one-time thing that requires obedience for ever after to whomever may control it, who may decide for themselves the limits, if any, of their power? Was this government entitled to use any amount of force against later generations of the governed to preserve itself? Or was it intended to be a strictly limited machine, an experiment established by a Constitution that could be easily understood and enforced by the governed ? Was it to be a thing of force or a thing of reason? The first proposition was established by Lincoln with a spurious legalistic cover and has become the accepted American reality. The second proposition about the Constitution and government is irrefutably true in history and philosophy. It was maintained at great cost by the soldiers and statesmen of the South until each were quashed by force. The ablest of these Southern spokesmen was the philosopher Albert Taylor Bledsoe. Given the great rampaging beast that the government has become in our day, it is surely time to look once more at some old and forgotten truths about what America was intended to be in contrast to what it has become. --Clyde N Wilson, Professor Emeritus of University of SC History
Was the United States federal government intended to be, as other governments, an eternal and self-justifying power? Was the consent of the governed at its founding a one-time thing that requires obedience for ever after to whomever may control it, who may decide for themselves the limits, if any, of their power? Was this government entitled to use any amount of force against later generations of the governed to preserve itself? Or was it intended to be a strictly limited machine, an experiment established by a Constitution that could be easily understood and enforced by the governed ? Was it to be a thing of force or a thing of reason? The first proposition was established by Lincoln with a spurious legalistic cover and has become the accepted American reality. The second proposition about the Constitution and government is irrefutably true in history and philosophy. It was maintained at great cost by the soldiers and statesmen of the South until each were quashed by force. The ablest of these Southern spokesmen was the philosopher Albert Taylor Bledsoe. Given the great rampaging beast that the government has become in our day, it is surely time to look once more at some old and forgotten truths about what America was intended to be in contrast to what it has become. --Clyde N Wilson, Professor Emeritus of University of SC History
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- PublisherFounding Father Films Publishing
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0989436845
- ISBN 13 9780989436847
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages278
- EditorMike Church
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