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The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy

Drew R. McCoy

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Description:James Madison survived longer than any other member of the most remarkable generation of political leaders in American history. Born in the middle of the eighteenth century as a subject of King George II, the Father of the Constitution lived until 1836, when he died a citizen of Andrew Jackson's republic. For over forty he played a pivotal role in the creation and defense of a new political order. But he also lived long enough to see even that Revolutionary would transformed, and the system of government he had nurtured threatened by the disruptive forces of a new era that would ultimately lead to civil war. In this book Drew McCoy tells the poignant story of Madison's reckoning, during his later years, with the legacy of his generation's spectacular, if profoundly flawed, political achievement.As a Revolutionary patriarch Madison sought to impress upon his younger countrymen the importance of history as the key to understanding the Constitution. The difficulties he experienced reflect vividly the dilemma of a conservative advocate of popular government in what was fast becoming an aggressively democratic society. During debates over such issues as the Missouri Compromise, the Marshall Court the constitutionality of federal tariff laws, and ultimately the great Nullification Crisis of the early 1830s, Madison desperately sought to stabilize a fragile system of politics that offered the only possible source of national unity. He also found his own confidence in the American experiment put to a strong test. His urgent need to keep from despairing of the republican faith — a faith that had sustained him for more than half a century — shaped his approach to the issue that moved steadily from the periphery of public attention to the center of his, and the nation's, consciousness: the enslavement of millions of Afro-Americans. Appropriately, this book includes the first full-scale, systematic study of Madison, race, and slavery from his early days as a young Revolutionary to his final years amid the resurgence of both modern abolitionism and the proslavery argument.The Last of the Fathers offers an evocative portrait of the character and temperament of the most obscure of America's great Revolutionary leaders. Its recounting the experience both of Madison and of several of his legatees who witnessed the violent test of whether his republic could endure. McCoy dramatizes the actual working out in human lives of critical cultural and political issues. Madison's longevity provides the focus for fresh insight into some of the most important themes in American history between the Revolution and the Civil War.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy. To get started finding The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 373

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: 1991

ISBN: 0521407729

Description: James Madison survived longer than any other member of the most remarkable generation of political leaders in American history. Born in the middle of the eighteenth century as a subject of King George II, the Father of the Constitution lived until 1836, when he died a citizen of Andrew Jackson's republic. For over forty he played a pivotal role in the creation and defense of a new political order. But he also lived long enough to see even that Revolutionary would transformed, and the system of government he had nurtured threatened by the disruptive forces of a new era that would ultimately lead to civil war. In this book Drew McCoy tells the poignant story of Madison's reckoning, during his later years, with the legacy of his generation's spectacular, if profoundly flawed, political achievement.As a Revolutionary patriarch Madison sought to impress upon his younger countrymen the importance of history as the key to understanding the Constitution. The difficulties he experienced reflect vividly the dilemma of a conservative advocate of popular government in what was fast becoming an aggressively democratic society. During debates over such issues as the Missouri Compromise, the Marshall Court the constitutionality of federal tariff laws, and ultimately the great Nullification Crisis of the early 1830s, Madison desperately sought to stabilize a fragile system of politics that offered the only possible source of national unity. He also found his own confidence in the American experiment put to a strong test. His urgent need to keep from despairing of the republican faith — a faith that had sustained him for more than half a century — shaped his approach to the issue that moved steadily from the periphery of public attention to the center of his, and the nation's, consciousness: the enslavement of millions of Afro-Americans. Appropriately, this book includes the first full-scale, systematic study of Madison, race, and slavery from his early days as a young Revolutionary to his final years amid the resurgence of both modern abolitionism and the proslavery argument.The Last of the Fathers offers an evocative portrait of the character and temperament of the most obscure of America's great Revolutionary leaders. Its recounting the experience both of Madison and of several of his legatees who witnessed the violent test of whether his republic could endure. McCoy dramatizes the actual working out in human lives of critical cultural and political issues. Madison's longevity provides the focus for fresh insight into some of the most important themes in American history between the Revolution and the Civil War.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy. To get started finding The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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