Classic Reprints No. 95
The complete text of the Confederate Constitution and the U.S. Constitution in two parallel columns in order to facilitate comparison. Includes a brief preface highlighting the major differences between the two Constitutions.
Classic Reprints No.
117
Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission,
and Destiny, and the Christian's Relation to It
By David Lipscomb
Originally published as a series of articles in the Gospel Advocate from 1866 to 1867, this is a very significant work on the Christian's relation to civil government by the prominent Church of Christ minister, David Lipscomb (1831-1917). Anticipating the arguments of modern libertarian political philosophers, Lipscomb presents a biblical view of a voluntary society. He questions the idea that governments are created for the public good, and argues that peaceful civilization is not dependent on the state. Christians should not participate in politics, but should attempt to persuade people to follow the laws of God rather than using force. This reprint edition includes a foreword by Professor Edward P. Stringham of San Jose State University.
Classic Reprints No.
120
A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature
and Character of Our Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
By
Abel Upshur
1840
132 pages
$15.00
Virginian statesman and legal thinker Abe
l Upshur (1790-1844) was a defender of the Virginian states' rights school of constitutional interpretation. This long-forgotten work, an alternative to nationalist position of John Marshall and Joseph Story, is in the Jeffersonian tradition of John Taylor and St. George Tucker. Upshur's book is not only a point-by-point refutation of Justice Story's immortal Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833), it is a defense of the compact theory that the United States consists of distinct sovereign peoples, organized into distinct states, as opposed to a single, aggregated people. This reprint edition includes a foreword by historian Thomas E. Woods of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.Classic Reprints No.
123
The
True Office of Civil Government
By Gerrit Smith
1851
30 pages
$1
This is a reprint of the text of a speech delivered in Troy, New York, on April 14, 1851, and published soon afterward. Smith advocates a limited government that provides protection to its citizens from crimes—and nothing else. Among other things, he makes powerful arguments against slavery, public education, and tariffs.
Classic
Reprints No. 163
The Postal Power of Congress: A Study in
Constitutional Expansion
By Lindsay Rogers
1916
191 pages
$20.00
A dissertation submitted in 1915 to the Board of University Studies of The Johns
Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. The author states that his purpose is to "trace the
legislative and judicial history of the grant to Congress of the power 'to
establish postoffices and postroads,' and to discuss the constitutionality of
the proposals that, under this clause, federal control may be extended to
subjects over which Congress has no direct authority." A detailed and
fascinating study of just how far from the Constitution the country has
deviated.
