{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-anti-federalists-were-right","title":"The Anti-Federalists Were Right?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-tabs wc-tabs-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab\" id=\"tab-description\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Constitution wasn’t born in harmony. Its ratification came out of a fight – bitter and bruising, with delegates to the Convention, veterans of the Revolution, and respected public figures in open opposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey came to be known as the Anti-Federalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Articles of Confederation created a union of sovereign states. The Anti-Federalists saw the new Constitution as something else entirely: a consolidated national government with sweeping power over every individual and every corner of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey weren’t firmly against amending or changing the Articles – they were against the structure of the government proposed by the Constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis, they warned, was no mere reform. It was a counter-revolution in disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE VOICES COLLECTED HERE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book presents key Anti-Federalist arguments from those debates, reconstructed from the writings and speeches of five leading opponents of ratification – drawing directly from their speeches and essays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach chapter presents the perspective of one of the Anti-Federalist voices featured in this collection:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: A Virginia delegate who refused to sign the Constitution. He drafted the first formal objections at the close of the Philadelphia Convention and later took a leading role in the Virginia ratifying convention. He warned of centralized power, an unchecked judiciary, and the absence of a bill of rights – arguments that became foundational to Anti-Federalist opposition across the states.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuther Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: A Maryland delegate to the Convention. A Maryland delegate to the Convention. Upon returning home, he publicly denounced the Constitution in a lengthy address to the state legislature and subsequent essays. He became one of the most detailed critics of the proposed plan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCato\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: The pseudonym of an unknown New York author who published one of the earliest series of Anti-Federalist essays. He warned that the Constitution would pave the way to aristocracy, executive overreach, and endless war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElbridge Gerry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: A Massachusetts delegate who refused to sign the Constitution. After the convention, he publicly outlined his objections in a letter to the state legislature. He warned that the proposed system would destroy the states and lay the foundation for a monarchy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pennsylvania Dissenters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: A minority of the state’s ratifying convention that issued a formal protest against the Constitution. They warned of sweeping federal power and denounced the rushed and coercive tactics used to secure ratification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 133 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tenth Amendment Center (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TAC Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48606367056128,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/9366\/0672\/files\/anti-federalist-1-1920.png?v=1776309279"},{"product_id":"the-other-federalist-papers-tench-coxe","title":"The Other Federalist Papers: Tench Coxe","description":"\u003cp\u003eTench Coxe may be the most influential founding father that most people have never heard of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most people, discussions about the meaning of the Constitution begin and end with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFederalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e. These essays enjoy immense popularity today mostly due to the fame of their authors – Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. But in their day, they didn’t have widespread influence on the ratification itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTench Coxe, on the other hand, was “possibly the most widely-read of any Federalist author,” and was one of the most influential writers in support of the Constitution during the entirety of the ratification debates of 1787-1788.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Other Federalist Papers: Tench Coxe”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot only provides you with 52 pages worth of a deep dive into his primary arguments – everything from delegated and reserved powers, the structure of congress and the executive branch, the power of the sword and the militia – and much more – but another 119 pages of his main essays all in one place, for the first time in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoxe covered a wide range of topics during the ratification debates, setting the stage for virtually every federalist argument in favor of ratification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis writing serves as a valuable resource today as we seek to learn the original, legal meaning of the Constitution as understood by the founders and ratifiers, and the limits it places on the federal government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiven that the arguments advanced by supporters of ratification reveal how the people who ratified it understood its original legal meaning, Coxe’s writing provides undeniable insight into just how far things have gone off the rails.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 171 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tenth Amendment Center (2024)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAC Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48606513529088,"sku":"BKT024","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/9366\/0672\/files\/other-federalist-coxe-BookMockup-trans.png?v=1776311170"},{"product_id":"the-national-bank-vs-the-constitution","title":"The National Bank vs the Constitution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you understand the constitutional arguments against the First Bank of the United States, you will have a solid grasp on the constitutional arguments against much of the unconstitutional monster state we live under today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Federal Reserve is the engine that drives the biggest, most powerful government in the history of the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe can trace the origins of this modern central bank back to the creation of the First Bank of the United States, even before ratification of the Bill of Rights. Even then, it was built on dubious constitutional justifications, but it wasn’t created without a fight. The arguments advanced by the bank’s opponents provide a great deal of insight into the original understanding of the Constitution and the American system as it was conceived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCongress chartered the First Bank of the United States on Feb. 25, 1791.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA national bank was the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton. His rationale wasn’t much different from those who later came up with the Federal Reserve. Hamilton thought a central bank was necessary to stabilize and improve the fledgling nation’s credit and to better manage the financial business of the United States government. He also knew that his vision of a powerful national government was impossible without a central bank to backstop government borrowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHamilton’s bank plan sparked intense debate. It wasn’t merely an argument about the need for a bank or the functions it should perform. The opposition to the national bank led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison was far more fundamental and based on constitutional grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe National Bank vs. the Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e digs deep into the arguments presented by Hamilton and the constitutional counterarguments offered by Madison, Jefferson and other opponents of the bank, such as Edmund Randolph. It also offers a concise overview of the history of the Federal Reserve and the role of central banking in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is about more than central banking. 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