The American Political Tradition and the Men who Made itVintage Books, 1959 - 381 pages |
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... accepted , for if gov- ernment did not proceed from the people , from what other source could it legitimately come ? To adopt any other prem- ise not only would be inconsistent with everything they had said against British rule in the ...
... accepted , for if gov- ernment did not proceed from the people , from what other source could it legitimately come ? To adopt any other prem- ise not only would be inconsistent with everything they had said against British rule in the ...
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... accepted by the most brilliant and enlightened society . After graduation he fell into the expected pattern of the Virginia gentry , among whom political leadership was practically a social obligation . At twenty - four he was admitted ...
... accepted by the most brilliant and enlightened society . After graduation he fell into the expected pattern of the Virginia gentry , among whom political leadership was practically a social obligation . At twenty - four he was admitted ...
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... accepted as its leader in New England . The American Anti - Slavery Society , which he captured in 1840 and con- trolled thereafter , existed chiefly in name.2 The question has been raised whether he did not do the movement more harm ...
... accepted as its leader in New England . The American Anti - Slavery Society , which he captured in 1840 and con- trolled thereafter , existed chiefly in name.2 The question has been raised whether he did not do the movement more harm ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
the Aristocrat as Democrat | 18 |
Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal | 45 |
Copyright | |
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