The Rise and Fall of the Model Republic.""

James Williams

ISBN 10: 0461763966 / ISBN 13: 9780461763966

Published by HardPress, 2021

Seller Inventory # 410571499

Synopsis:

The Rise And Fall Of The Model Republic. by James Williams presents a sharply argued historical and political critique of the United States' dissolution and the rise of a separate Confederacy. Williams contends that the 'model republic' did not fail because of its core principles but because its practice was perverted by presidential elections and party conventions that concentrated power in the hands of a few; these processes, he argues, undermined liberty by transforming checks and balances into tools of faction. The work surveys 'Real and Assigned Causes' of the Union's rupture, evaluates the Electoral College, and dissects the roles of slavery, tariffs, abolitionism, and the formation of parties from Washington to Lincoln. It also advances a controversial proposal for a president selected without a general election. Across chapters on conventions, constitutional debates, and sectional conflicts, Williams casts a pessimistic but rigorous portrait of how democratic systems, if left to party interests, can erode constitutional liberty and unify a nation only through preservation of state sovereignty and restrained central power.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rise and Fall of the Model Republic.""
Publisher: HardPress
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New