Excerpt from Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated The period is, indeed, by no means an agreeable one. It borrows new gloom from the apathy which seems to reign over so many of our sister states. The very sound of State Rights is scarcely ever heard among them; and by many of their eminent politicians, it is only heard to be mocked at. But a good citizen'will never despair of the republick. Among these good citizens, is John Taylor, of Caroline. Penetrated by the conviction, that the constitution is in danger; that the balance has seriously inclined towards the side of consolidation; he comes forward to commune with his countrymen, and to state to them frankly his ima pressions and his fears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 2 of 3: 1821-1855 Three statesmen of Virginia led the attempt to awaken the people to the crisis which impended. In 1820, John Taylor Of Virginia issued his famous Construction Construed and Constitution Vindicated, which with his New Vistas of the Constitution published in 1823, con stituted for many years the political Bible of the extreme state-rights school. The Missouri question is prob ably not yet closed; the principle on which it turns is certainly not settled. Further attempts are to be made to wrest from the new States about to enter into the American Confederacy the power of regulating their own concerns. The tariff question is again to be agi tated. The usurpation of a Federal power over roads and canals is again to be attempted and again to be reprobated. That charter (of the Bank) has been justified by the Supreme Court, on principles so bold and alarming, that no man who loves the Con stitution can fold his arms in apathy principles calculated to give the tone to an acquiescent people, to change the Whole face of our Government, and to gen erate a thousand measures which the framers Of the Constitution never anticipated. The period bor rows new gloom from the apathy which seems to reign over SO many of our sister States. The very sound of state-rights is scarcely ever heard among them. In his Tyranny Unmasked, in 1822, Taylor denounced the judicial power, and set forth the doctrine that whenever the Constitution Operates upon collisions between individuals, it is to be construed by the Court; but when it operates upon collision between political departments, it is not to be construed by the Court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.