The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
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The American Republic, by Orestes Brownson, was first published in 1865, when the nation had just emerged from a civil war that had come harrowingly close to shattering its very existence. In the period immediately before and during the war - as in just about every other period of his life - Brownson had carved out for himself a unique, and seemingly contradictory, niche as a pro-Union, anti-abolitionist, anti-slaveholding journalist. In this magisterial work, Brownson presents his views on the nature, authority, origin, and constitution of the American state in light of the problems posed by ...
Chapters (24)
- THE
- AMERICAN REPUBLIC:
- ITS
- CONSTITUTION, TENDENCIES, AND DESTINY.
- O. A. BROWNSON, LL. D.
- NEW YORK: P. O'SHEA, 104 BLEECKER STREET. 1866.
- TO THE HON. GEORGE BANCROFT, THE ERUDITE, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND ELOQUENT Historian of the United States, THIS FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO SET FORTH THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, AND TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, IN MEMORY OF OLD FRIENDSHIP, AND AS A SLIGHT HOMAGE TO GENIUS, ABILITY, PATRIOTISM, PRIVATE WORTH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE, BY THE AUTHOR.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II. GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER V. ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER VI. ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT—CONCLUDED.
- CHAPTER VII CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER VIII. CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT—CONCLUDED.
- CHAPTER IX. THE UNITED STATES
- CHAPTER X CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
- CHAPTER XI. THE CONSTITUTION—CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER XII. SECESSION.
- CHAPTER XIII. RECONSTRUCTION.
- CHAPTER XIV. POLITICAL TENDENCIES.
- CHAPTER XV. DESTINY—POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS.
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