Russell Kirk, “The Best Form of Government,” 1960
SOURCE: Russell Kirk, “The Best Form of Government,” CATHOLIC WORLD 192 (December 1960): 156-163. rak best govertnment
Russell Kirk on Abraham Lincoln, 1970
“As the Roman Republic was at the back of the minds of the framers of the American Constitution; it was their hope that the chief magistrate of these United States would conduct himself with “the high old Roman… Read More
Crises Points, 1763-1774
“Crises Points, Leading to Revolution, 1763-1774” Opening to Crisis, 1763-1765 Parliament passed the Sugar Act of 1764. Taxed molasses and sugar at half the rate of the Navigation Acts. Parliament pleased with itself—after all, they saw it as… Read More
Charles Carroll of Carrollton’s Second CX Letter
SOURCE: CX [Charles Carroll of Carrollton], Dunlap’s Maryland Gazette; or, the Baltimore General Advertiser (April 2, 1776). To tamper, therefore, in this affair, or try prospects merely upon the credit of supposed arguments or philosophy can never be… Read More
Charles Carroll of Carrollton’s First CX Letter
SOURCE: Dunlap’s Maryland Gazette, or the Baltimore General Advertiser (Tuesday, March 26, 1776). Article by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, under the pseudonym “CX.” “An established government has an infinite advantage by that very circumstance of its being established;… Read More
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