Cato’s Letters
The Right and Capacity of the People to judge of Government The World has, from Time to Time, been led into such a long Maze of Mistakes, by those who […]
Things As They Are
“And if thou boast TRUTH to utter, SPEAK, and leave the rest to God.” In presenting this work, we have but a single object in view, and that is, to […]
A Glance at Ourselves — Conclusion
With broken hopes — sad, devastation; A race resigned to DEGREDATION! We have said much to our young men and women, about their vocation and calling; we have dwelt much […]
Means of Elevation
Moral theories have long been resorted to by us, as a means of effecting the redemption of our brethren in bonds, and the elevation of the free colored people in […]
Our Elevation in the United States
That very little comparatively as yet has been done to attain a respectable position as a class in this country will not be denied, and that the successful accomplishments of […]
Constitutional Government in the United States: Chpt. 3, The President of the United States
Source: Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States (New York: Columbia University Press, 1908), 54–62. It is difficult to describe any single part of a great governmental system without […]
Royal Gazette: “Our Last Will and Testament”
IN the NAME of DEVIL AMEN. WE the Congress of America in Congress assembled, being weak in body, low in credit, and poor in estate, but rich, high, and strong, […]
Excerpts from The Cold War
Walter Lippmann, The Cold War: A Study in US Foreign Policy (New York: Harper, 1947), 29–31, 35, 37–39. Lippmann (1889–1974) was perhaps the most prominent journalist and public intellectual of […]
Brutus 1
White, William. Debates and proceedings in the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, held in the year 1788, and which finally ratified the Constitution of the United States. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1856. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/9rxe. […]
Federalist 75
The Federalist. (Washington D.C.: Library of Congress). Transcription available courtesy of Project Guttenberg. https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text. Last Updated on December 20, 2021 THE President is to have power, “by and with the […]