“Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,” JAMES MADISON, 1785; “Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1786

“Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,” JAMES MADISON, 1789; Debate over First Amendment Language, 1789; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, 1789

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, JOSEPH STORY, 1833

The People v. Ruggles, JAMES KENT, 1811

Marbury v. Madison, JOHN MARSHALL, 1803

Barron v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, JOHN MARSHALL, 1833

7 State versus Federal Authority

“Essay V,” “BRUTUS,” 1787

Chisholm v. Georgia, JAMES WILSON, 1793; U.S. Constitution, Eleventh Amendment, 1787

The Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798; Virginia Resolutions, 1798; Kentucky Resolutions, 1798; Counter-resolutions of Other States, 1799; Report of Virginia House of Delegates, 1799

“The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis,” TIMOTHY DWIGHT, 1798

Report of the Hartford Convention, 1815

JOSEPH STORY: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833; A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, 1840

8 Forging a Nation

“Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1791; “Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,” ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 1791

“Veto Message,” ANDREW JACKSON, 1832

“Veto Message,” JAMES MADISON, 1817

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, JOSEPH STORY, 1833

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: “Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,” 1838; “Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” 1859

WILLIAM LEGGETT: Newspaper Editorials on “Direct Taxation,” 1834; “Chief Justice Marshall,” 1835; “The Despotism of the Majority,” 1837; “Morals of Legislation,” 1837; and “The Morals of Politics,” 1837

“Speech on Electioneering,” DAVY CROCKETT, 1848

“Speech before the U.S. Senate,” DANIEL WEBSTER, 1830; “Speech before the U.S. Senate,” ROBERT Y. HAYNE, 1830

“Fort Hill Address,” JOHN C. CALHOUN, 1831

9 Prelude to War

Laws Regulating Servants and Slaves, 1630–1852 582

“Slavery” and “Agriculture and the Militia,” JOHN TAYLOR OF CAROLINE, 1818 589

The Missouri Compromise, 1820–21

WILLIAM LEGGETT: Newspaper Editorials on “Governor McDuffie’s Message,” 1835; “The Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point,” 1837; and “‘Abolition Insolence,’” 1837

Senate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, JOHN C. CALHOUN and DANIEL WEBSTER, 1850

Second Fugitive Slave Law, 1850; Ableman v. Booth, ROGER TANEY, 1858

Scott v. Sandford, ROGER TANEY, 1856 646

“The Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes” and “The Abolitionists—Consistency of Their Labors,” GEORGE S. SAWYER, 1858

“What Is Slavery?” and “Slavery Is Despotism,” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, 1853

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1856; Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858

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