1862 SLAVERY & TRIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION. Henry Ward Beecher's Copy of Important Civil War Text. John Wesley

1862 SLAVERY & TRIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION. Henry Ward Beecher's Copy of Important Civil War Text. John WesleyA very important copy of a landmark work in the history of Constitutional Law. Lawyer, Sidney George Fisher 1862 work, presented here, The Trial of the Constitution, was the first work to interpret the U. S. Constitution "in light of the prevailing European tradition of centralized, responsible government", and it "deserves a permanent place among commentaries on American government . . . " [W. H. Ryker, 1954]. Historian and political scientist

and where should we live without tearing in pieces

His Calvinism

The Qualifications Necessary for Civil Rulers

painted to look ancient

In April of 1822

Here is a rare one

he could not participate in the structure or system that allowed the power to control and repress conscience to stay intact

One author says of him that the Civil War revealed that “he seemed

Morrow and Mason | Signs of the Times [system of mineral quackery] | Knavery Exposed [slander against Worthington] | Hydrocephalus or Drops in the Brain | A Case of Amenorrhea or Suppressed Menses Treated by S

are mostly returned men from the front

groups of speakers and pastors at the Campground

Very crisp with biographical note at head and binding / tape residue at right edge