Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 M10 14 - 384 pages Average Americans Were the True Framers of the Constitution |
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... failed to redeem the war bonds or even pay interest on them, Madison declared in Federalist Number 10, the owners of the securities were not the only ones who suffered. By 8 Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution.
Woody Holton. the securities were not the only ones who suffered. By begetting a “prevailing and increasing distrust of public engagements,” this terrible “injustice” had doomed the state and federal governments themselves.23 For men ...
... securities, or both. He believed that they supported the Constitution because without it, they would never get their money. Bondholders and private creditors were, in fact, among the Constitution's most avid supporters. But Beard's ...
... securities,” intent on “the carving of the loaves and fishes,” for the “abominable system of enormous taxation, which is crushing the poor to death.”47 In February 1786 Thomas Tudor Tucker reminded his colleagues in the South Carolina ...
... securities on the open market. Every soldier in the Continental Army had received bonds to make up for the months when Congress—and after 1778 his home state—had fobbed him off with paper money that was worth only a fraction of the ...
Contents
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II VIRTUE AND VICE | 83 |
III UNRULY AMERICANS | 125 |
IV REINING IN THE REVOLUTION | 177 |
V ESAUS BARGAIN | 225 |
Epilogue The Underdogs Constitution | 272 |
Notes | 279 |
Acknowledgments | 355 |
Index | 357 |