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The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume XXVIII is the final volume in a distinguished documentary edition, the first volume of which was published more than fifty years ago. While identical to others in the series in terms of typeface, binding, and letterpress printing, this volume does not contain any of John C. Calhoun's personal papers, rather it features Calhoun's only formal, scholarly writings on political science and political philosophy. "A Disquisition on Government" is an examination of the first principles of political science, much in the model of Aristotle's Politics or Baron Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws. It examines basic principles of politics, including concepts of sovereignty and personal liberty and the relationships between states and nations. "A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States" is a focused study of American political thought and constitutional history since the ratification of the Constitution. It pays particular attention to antifederalist views of the Constitution, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of the 1790s, and the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Comparable to the Federalist, Calhoun's "Discourse" articulates a southern-based, states' rights interpretation of the Constitution and examines the course of American political history from the viewpoint of the southern statesman. Calhoun began writing the essays around 1845. His "Disquisition" was near final form at the time of his death, but the "Discourse" was still an unpolished draft. A year after Calhoun's death in 1850, Richard Kenner Cralle, a former secretary in the Department of State and a friend of Calhoun's, was entrusted by the Calhoun heirs to edit the essays for publication. Since the Cralle edition, it has been assumed that the two essays were separate works. However, as the Calhoun Papers staff prepared the concluding volume of letters, speeches, and remarks, they discovered evidence that Calhoun had intended the two essays to be a single, unified work of political theory and a critical examination of America's remarkable experiment in republican government. Whether published separately or together, these essays are among the classical texts of American political thought.
About the Author
Clyde N. Wilson, editor, is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Shirley B. Cook, coeditor, has worked on the Calhoun papers since 1970. She lives in Columbia.
The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume XXVIII is the final volume in a distinguished documentary edition, the first volume of which was published more than fifty years ago. While identical to others in the series in terms of typeface, binding, and letterpress printing, this volume does not contain any of John C. Calhoun's personal papers, rather it features Calhoun's only formal, scholarly writings on political science and political philosophy. "A Disquisition on Government" is an examination of the first principles of political science, much in the model of Aristotle's Politics or Baron Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws. It examines basic principles of politics, including concepts of sovereignty and personal liberty and the relationships between states and nations. "A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States" is a focused study of American political thought and constitutional history since the ratification of the Constitution. It pays particular attention to antifederalist views of the Constitution, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of the 1790s, and the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Comparable to the Federalist, Calhoun's "Discourse" articulates a southern-based, states' rights interpretation of the Constitution and examines the course of American political history from the viewpoint of the southern statesman. Calhoun began writing the essays around 1845. His "Disquisition" was near final form at the time of his death, but the "Discourse" was still an unpolished draft. A year after Calhoun's death in 1850, Richard Kenner Cralle, a former secretary in the Department of State and a friend of Calhoun's, was entrusted by the Calhoun heirs to edit the essays for publication. Since the Cralle edition, it has been assumed that the two essays were separate works. However, as the Calhoun Papers staff prepared the concluding volume of letters, speeches, and remarks, they discovered evidence that Calhoun had intended the two essays to be a single, unified work of political theory and a critical examination of America's remarkable experiment in republican government. Whether published separately or together, these essays are among the classical texts of American political thought.
About the Author
Clyde N. Wilson, editor, is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Shirley B. Cook, coeditor, has worked on the Calhoun papers since 1970. She lives in Columbia.
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IN order to have a clear and just conception of the nature and object of government, it is indispensable to understand correctly what that constitution or law of our nature is, in which government originates; or, to express it more fully and accurately,-that law, without which government would not, and with which, it must necessarily exist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
confederated character, impeaching power, amending power, federal population, concurrent majority, federal numbers, sovereign character, stronger section, constitutional compact, decided preponderance, reserved powers, concurrent voice, federal character, fulfil the ends, sovereign communities, exterior relations, numerical majority, separate constitutions, legislative department, absolute democracy, separate governments, appropriate organ, delegated powers, fiscal action, party combinations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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IN order to have a clear and just conception of the nature and object of government, it is indispensable to understand correctly what that constitution or law of our nature is, in which government originates; or, to express it more fully and accurately,-that law, without which government would not, and with which, it must necessarily exist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
confederated character, impeaching power, amending power, federal population, concurrent majority, federal numbers, sovereign character, stronger section, constitutional compact, decided preponderance, reserved powers, concurrent voice, federal character, fulfil the ends, sovereign communities, exterior relations, numerical majority, separate constitutions, legislative department, absolute democracy, separate governments, appropriate organ, delegated powers, fiscal action, party combinations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, House of Representatives, States of the Union, Great Britain, General Washington, General Hamilton, New Hampshire New!
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- A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States by John C. Calhoun in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Bald Eagle by Jim Smith in Front Matter
- Old South by Fletcher Melvin Green in Front Matter
- The Essential Calhoun (Library of Conservative Thought) by Clyde N. Wilson in Front Matter
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