greykit.essays — #1790s
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1798-12-24
[american-founding]
The Virginia Resolutions of 1798
Madison's companion to the Kentucky Resolutions — the states may "interpose" against unconstitutional federal acts like the Alien and Sedition laws.
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1798-11-10
[american-founding]
The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Jefferson's anonymous protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts, arguing the states may judge federal overreach — the compact theory of the Union.
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1797-03-04
[american-founding]
Inaugural Address
Adams's inaugural, professing attachment to the Constitution at the first transfer of the presidency between two men.
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1796-09-19
[american-founding]
Washington's Farewell Address
Washington's valedictory letter to the American people, warning against party faction, sectionalism, and permanent foreign alliances.
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1791-12-15
[american-founding]
The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental civil rights.
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1791-02-23
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Hamilton's defense of implied powers and a loose reading of the Constitution — the founding argument for broad federal authority.
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1791-02-15
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Jefferson's strict-construction reply — the enumerated powers bind Congress, and a bank is nowhere among them.