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Everyone’s heard of the Federalist Papers – Hamilton, Madison, Jay – but the most important Federalist speech in the entire ratification debate didn’t come from any of them. It came from James Wilson – a name most people have never even heard of. His 1787 State House Yard Speech laid the foundation for the entire Federalist playbook. In this episode, we’ll explore why he gave the speech, why it had such a huge impact, and dive into Wilson’s key arguments for the Constitution.

Path to Liberty: October 4, 2024

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Tara Ross – James Wilson’s State House Speech

Concordia University – A Daily Journal for Sept 29, 1787

Center for the Study of the American Constitution

Natelson – The Founders and the Constitution: James Wilson

James Wilson – State House Yard Speech – Full Text (6 Oct 1787)

Episode – Bill of Rights: 5 Hidden Truths They Never Teach

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787)

A Democratic Federalist (17 Oct 1787)

George Washington – Letter to David Stuart (17 Oct 1787)

Scott Douglas Gerger – Chapter 5. James Wilson: Democratic Theorist and Supreme Court Justice

Natelson – The False Doctrine of Inherent Sovereign Authority

Benner – James Wilson’s State House Yard Speech: A Primer

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Most of what they teach about the Bill of Rights completely skips over much of the real history. From the reason the Federalists opposed it, to Madison’s flip-flop, and the totally ignored preamble – on this episode, I’ve got 5 key – and mostly hidden – truths about that just might change the way you view the Bill of Rights.

Path to Liberty: October 2, 2024

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George Washington – Circular to the Governors of the States (2 Oct 1789)

1. Federalists didn’t want it – thought it was superfluous – even dangerous

Philadelphia Convention (12 Sept 1787)

Philadelphia Convention (15 Sept 1787)

James Wilson – State House Yard Speech (6 Oct 1787)

Tench Coxe – An American Citizen (21 Oct 1787)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (16 July 1788)

2. Key Players

Episode – George Mason vs the Constitution: Top Anti-Federalist Arguments

Federal Farmer No IV (12 Oct 1787)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788)

John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788)

3. Madison’s Flip Flop

James Madison – Letter to George Washington (15 Feb 1788)

The Congressional Election of 1789

James Madison – Letter to George Eve (2 Jan 1789)

George Washington – First Inaugural (30 Apr 1789)

4. Preamble

Bill of Rights Transcript

Episode – Incorporation: Applying the Bill of Rights to the States

5. What Didn’t Make It

James Madison – Speech Introducing Proposed Amendments (8 June 1789)

Episode – The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers

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“A nullification of the act is THE rightful remedy.” That’s how Thomas Jefferson said we should respond to any federal act that goes beyond the limits of the Constitution. But here’s the thing – Jefferson wasn’t inventing something new in 1798. He was reminding us of principles that were at the heart of the American Revolution – ideas the people used to resist tyranny. And today, those principles are more important than ever.

Path to Liberty: September 30, 2024

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Kentucky Resolutions – Jefferson’s Fair Copy (Before 10 Oct 1798)

Episode – Null and Void: Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Radical Declaration

A Summary View of the Rights of British America

James Otis, Jr. – Speech in the Writs of Assistance Case (24 Feb 1761)

Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788)

Roger Sherman (7 Dec 1787)

John Adams – Argument before Governor Bernard and the Council in Favor of Opening the Courts (20 Dec 1765)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp act (29 May 1765)

Maharrey – Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)

Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 15 (4 Feb 1721)

John Jay – Address to the People of the State of New York (1788)

George Mason – Virginia Declaration of Rights (12 June 1776)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 78 (28 May 1788)

Maharrey – Sovereignty and Agency

Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the new Constitution (1788)

St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

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Nearly five years before the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams wrote an essay urging the people to resist tyranny – not tamely submit and hope for the best. For Adams, it was a moral imperative to stand up for what’s right, even against the most powerful government in history. Unfortunately, his bold call for liberty has been almost entirely forgotten. Today, in commemoration of his birthday, we’re uncovering what Adams warned us about – his message is more urgent than ever.

Path to Liberty: September 27, 2024

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John Adams – Diary (11 Feb 1779)

Proclamation by Governour Gage (12 June 1775)

John Adams – Diary (23 Dec 1765)

Samuel Adams: Article Signed Candidus – October 14, 1771

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“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” Just after the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, a committee of Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin worked to design a great seal for the United States – and it included that powerful phrase on the reverse. While we don’t know who originally wrote it, we can trace its roots to Jonathan Mayhew’s widely read but mostly forgotten 1750 sermon on resisting tyranny. In it, he laid the moral and philosophical foundation for the Revolution – and in this episode, you’re going to learn all about it.

Path to Liberty: September 25, 2024

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John Adams – Letter to to Hezekiah Niles (13 Feb 1818)

John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818)

Wiki: Thomas Mayhew

Kegan Foley – West End Museum

Biblia – Romans 13:1-14

Eric Patterson – Providence Mag

Thomas Aquinas – Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (c. 1254–1256)

Sarah Morgan Smith, Ellen Deitz Tucker, David Tucker – Teaching American History

Full Text – A discourse concerning unlimited submission and non-resistance to the higher powers (1750)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp Act (1765)

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)

Lysander Spooner – No Treason No VI (1870)

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775)

Lysander Spooner – A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850)

Gary Galles – Mises Institute

Declaration of Independence

John Adams – Novanglus III (6 Feb 1775)

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Before the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin had a bold idea to unite the colonies – an idea most people have never heard of. In 1754, just before the Albany Congress, he published his famous “Join or Die” cartoon, symbolizing his forgotten call for colonial unity. Although it was rejected, Franklin believed this plan could have changed the course of American history.

Path to Liberty: September 23, 2024

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T-Shirt: JOIN OR DIE (men’s here) (women’s here)

Tom Hand – Americana Corner

Timothy J. Shannon, Gettysburg College – via Bill of Rights Institute

James Caldwell – USConstitution.net

Benjamin Franklin – Letter to James Parker (20 Mar 1751)

Natelson – Did the Iroquois Confederation influence the Constitution?

The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Law of Peace

Indian treaties printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1736-1762

Join or Die (9 May 1754)

Constitution Center – The story behind the Join or Die snake cartoon

Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Richard Partridge (8 May 1754)

Dept of State, Office of the Historian

Short Hints towards a Scheme for Uniting the Northern Colonies (8 June 1754)

Committee: Short Hints towards a Scheme for a General Union of the British Colonies on the Continent (28 June 1754)

The Albany Plan of Union (10 July 1754)

Natelson – The Albany Plan of Union: Another Predecessor to the Constitution

John Adams – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (10 Nov 1787)

Steven Pincus – Confederal Union and Empire: Placing the Albany Plan (1754) in Imperial Context

Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson (29 Dec 1754)

Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Governor William Shirley (22 Dec 1754)

Episode – Mercantilism Before the Tea Party: Forgotten Grievance of the Revolution

William Clarke – Letter to Benjamin Franklin (3 Feb 1755)

Intended Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament (before 21 July 1775)

James Madison – Letter to John Adams (7 Aug 1818)

James Madison – Origins of the Constitutional Convention (Dec 1835)

Benjamin Franklin – Remark (9 Feb 1789)

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Government has always been a massive threat to liberty – we can all agree on that. But there’s something even more dangerous, what the founders and old revolutionaries called the doctrine of “passive obedience and non-resistance.”

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 20, 2024

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Samuel Adams, Candidus – Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)

George Washington – Circular to the States (8 June 1783)

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

James Otis, Jr. (11 Jan 1762)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp Act (29 May 1765)

John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (Nov 1765)

Thomas Gordon as Cato Letter’s No. 42 (26 Aug 1721)

John Adams – A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law No. 2 (19 Aug 1765)

John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818)

Jonathan Mayhew – A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers (31 Dec 1750)

James Otis, Jr – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)

James Otis, Jr. – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)

Thomas Paine – The Crisis IV (13 Sept 1777)

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George Washington warned us – and we ignored him. In his Farewell Address, he gave crucial advice that’s been totally rejected for years, and today we’re paying the price. In this episode, learn about two of his most important warnings – that we can’t afford to ignore any longer.

Path to Liberty: September 18, 2024

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James Madison’s Draft (20 June 1792)

George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Washington Papers – A Documentary Dilemma: Editing the Farewell Address

Alexander Hamilton – Draft of Washington’s Farewell Address (30 July 1796)

Wikisource – Washington’s Farewell

Episode – The Founders’ Education

McClanahan Academy – 26 Speeches That Changed America

Farewell Address – Full Text

McClanahan – Why Was Washington a Nationalist?

Episode – No Permanent Alliances: Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson

Maharrey – The Unheeded Advice in George Washington’s Farewell Address

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The wisest part of the Constitution – James Madison specifically singled out one clause where he said the most wisdom is found. And what a surprise – not only is his view completely ignored today, the clause itself has been twisted into exactly what he warned against.

Path to Liberty: September 16, 2024

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Helvidius No. 4 (14 Sept 1793)

Political Observations (20 Apr 1795)

Episode – The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers

Maharrey – War Powers: The True History of James Madison, the Constitution and the War of 1812

Helvidius II (31 Aug 1793)

Helvidius III (7 Sept 1793)

Natelson – Obama’s Libyan Operations are Unconstitutional

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Congress (6 Dec 1805)

Special Message to Congress on the Foreign Policy Crisis – War Message (1 June 1812)

Helvidius I (24 Aug 1793)

Special Message to Congress (23 Feb 1815)

An Act for the protection of the commerce of the United States against the Algerine cruisers (3 Mar 1815)

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Two years before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson penned a long and detailed list of grievances regarding British acts going back more than a century. He not only referred to them as a “nullity” but pointed out that “we declare them void.” Jefferson’s pamphlet, “A Summary View of the Rights of British America,” is an incredibly important part of the foundation of the American Revolution – something the government-run schools barely even mention today.

Path to Liberty: September 6, 2024

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Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Maharrey – Prelude to Independence: Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void

Monticello Transcript – A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Episode – Mercantilism Before the Tea Party: Forgotten Grievance of the Revolution

Episode – The Ignored “Fundamental Principle” of the American Revolution

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