A Disquisition on GovernmentThis volume provides the most economical and textually accurate version of Calhoun's Disquisition available today. As a treatise, the Disquisition is one of the greatest and most enduring works of American political thought, and a text of seminal importance to all students of American politics, history, philosophy, and law. |
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... and backed limited internal improvements ; and he continued to praise a free
economy and a regime founded upon “ reason and equity ” that was surrounded
by a world of “ fraud , violence or accident . " President Monroe asked Calhoun to
...
... and backed limited internal improvements ; and he continued to praise a free
economy and a regime founded upon “ reason and equity ” that was surrounded
by a world of “ fraud , violence or accident . " President Monroe asked Calhoun to
...
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A broad spectrum of supporters encouraged Calhoun ' s candidacy for president
in 1824 against his fellow cabinet members William H . Crawford and John
Quincy Adams , Speaker of the House Henry Clay , and war hero and newly
elected ...
A broad spectrum of supporters encouraged Calhoun ' s candidacy for president
in 1824 against his fellow cabinet members William H . Crawford and John
Quincy Adams , Speaker of the House Henry Clay , and war hero and newly
elected ...
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It was as part of this ticket , later known as the Democratic Party , that Calhoun
was elected vice - president in 1828 . The falling apart of the political union
between Calhoun and Jackson is one of the most remarkable events in American
...
It was as part of this ticket , later known as the Democratic Party , that Calhoun
was elected vice - president in 1828 . The falling apart of the political union
between Calhoun and Jackson is one of the most remarkable events in American
...
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