Foreword by W. B. Allen xix
Editor’s Note xxxiii
Preface to the Second Edition (1854) by Seth Ames xxxix
Preface to the First Edition (1809) by J. T. Kirkland xliii PART ONE
ESSAYS
I. ESSAYS ON SOCIAL CLASS AND CHARACTER
The Mire of a Democracy 3
No Revolutionist 7
School Books 11
Hercules 12
Falkland IV 16
American Literature 22 II. FROM CONFEDERATION TO NATION
Lucius Junius Brutus I, II, III 38
Camillus I-III, V 56
“History Is Philosophy Teaching by Example” 77 III. ESSAYS ON FOUNDING AND PATRIOTISM
Camillus IV 81
The Republican I, II 86
British Alliance 92
Hints and Conjectures Concerning the Institutions of Lycurgus 94 IV. ESSAYS ON MONARCHICAL VERSUS REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
The Republican XI 116
The Dangers of American Liberty 120
Review of a Pamphlet on the State of the British Constitution 183 V. ESSAYS ON AMERICA'S POLITICAL PARTIES
Laocoon I, II 187
Falkland I, III, V 209
Monitor 223
The Republican XII, XIII 227 VI. ESSAYS ON EQUALITY
Equality I-VII 237
The Republican X 264 VII. DEFENDING THE FEDERALISTS
Phocion I-VII 269
The Republican IV, V, IX 299 VIII. ATTACKING THE REPUBLICANS
Falkland H 311
The Republican III, VI-VIII 318
Dangerous Power of France I-IV 333
Non-Intercourse Act 373
Lessons from History I-V 376
War in Disguise 386 IX. ESSAYS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND EUROPEAN POLITICS
Foreign Politics I-III 398
Phocion VIII, IX 412
The New Romans I-V 420
The Observer 441
Sketches of the State of Europe I, II 443
Russia 454
The Balance of Europe 455
Political Review I-III 462
The War in Europe 474
New Coalitions Against France 482
The Combined Powers and France 486
The Successes of Bonaparte 494
The Duration of French Despotism 497 X. EULOGIES
The Character of Brutus 506
A Sketch of the Character of Alexander Hamilton 510
Eulogy of Washington 519 PART TWO
SPEECHES AND LETTERS
1788
Speeches in the Convention of Massachusetts 541
Letter to Theophilus Parsons, January 8 55 1789
Letter to John Lowell, March 15 559
Letter to George R. Minot, March 25 560
Letter to William Tudor, April 1 562
Letter to George R. Minot, April 4 563
Letter to Samuel Henshaw, April 22 565
Letter to William Tudor, April 25 566
Letter to George R. Minot, May 3 567
Letter to [unknown], May 11 570
Debates on the Right to Petition the Congress 571
Letter to George R. Minot, May 14 581
Debates on Imposts and Provisions for the Public Credit 584
Maritime Duties 610
Letter to George R. Minot, May 16 624
Letter to George R. Minot, May 18 627
Letter to [unknown], May 19 628
Letter to George R. Minot, May 19 629
Letter to Nathaniel Bishop, May 630
Letter to George R. Minot, May 27 632
Letter to George R. Minot, May 29 635
Letter to George R. Minot, May 31 639
Letter to Thomas Dwight, June 11 641
Letter to George R. Minot, June 12 643
Speeches on the President’s Power to Remove Executive Officers 644
Letter to George R. Minot, June 23 676
Letter to George R. Minot, July 2 678
Letter to George R. Minot, July 8 683
Letter to William Tudor, July 12 688
Considering Proposals for a Bill of Rights 690
Letter to George R. Minot, July 23 694
Letter to Theophilus Parsons, August 3 695
Letter to George R. Minot, August 12 696
Speeches on Establishing a National Capitol 698
Letter to George R. Minot, September 3 713
Letter to George R. Minot, September 6 716
Letter to Thomas Dwight, October 21 717
Letter to Benjamin Goodhue, October 21 718
Letter to Thomas Dwight, October 30 719
Debates on the Federal Judiciary 720 1790
Letter to George R. Minot, January 13 725
Letter to William Tudor, January 17 727
Letter to William Tudor, February 7 727
Letter to William Tudor, March 8 729
Letter to George R. Minot, March 23 729
Letter to John Lowell, May 2 732
Letter to George R. Minot, May 20 735
Debates on Measures to Fund the Public Credit 737
Letter to Thomas Dwight, June 11 826
Letter to George R. Minot, June 23 829
Letter to Thomas Dwight, June 27 831
Letter to Thomas Dwight, July 11 833
Letter to Thomas Dwight, July 25 835
Letter to Thomas Dwight, August 8 836
Letter to Thomas Dwight, December 12 837
Letter to Thomas Dwight, December 23 839
Letter to William Tudor, December 30 840