Forgotten Conservatives in American History

by Mcclanahan, Brion; Wilson, Clyde N.

• ISBN13: 9781455615797
• ISBN10: 145561579X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-16
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

An education on conservatism. This series of essays defines the American idea of conservatism as adapted from European society. In tracing its evolution from the country's beginnings, conservatism is defined as sound money, light taxes, low debt, states' rights, and decentralization. Chapters examines men like Grover Cleveland, the last conservative president; John Taylor, the best political thinker of the Jeffersonian tradition; and Sam Ervin, the last constitutionalist. Through the words and actions of men, readers will find an understanding of American conservatism from the founding generation to the present.

Author Biography

Brion McClanahan holds a PhD in American history from the University of South Carolina and is the author of The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution. He has lectured across the southeast on American history and the founding tradition of the United States. Clyde N. Wilson has dedicated his life to educating and writing about American history. He is a contributing editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture and founder of the Stephen D. Lee Institute. His published works include From Union to Empire: Essays in the Jeffersonian Tradition and The Essential Calhoun.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
James Jackson: Forgotten Founding Father	p. 17
John Taylor of Caroline: Thomas Jefferson at Home	p. 25
The Bayards of Delaware: America's Conservative Family	p. 35
James Fenimore Cooper: The Aristocrat as Democrat	p. 49
Condy Raguet: Aposde of Free Trade and Free Banking	p. 61
True American Whiggery: John Tyler and Abel P. Upshur	p. 73
"A Senator of Rome When Rome Survived:" The Unknown Calhoun	p. 85
Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President	p. 95
William Graham Sumner and "The Forgotten Man"	p. 105
E. L. Godkin and the Ideal American	p. 117
War and Money: The Lindberghs of Minnesota	p. 129
H. L. Mencken as Conservative	p. 141
James Gould Cozzens: Conscience, Duty, and Love	p. 147
Citizen Faulkner: "What We Did, In Those Old Days"	p. 151
Sam Ervin: The Last Constitutionalist	p. 157
M. E. Bradford and the American Founding	p. 169
A Mass for the Resurrection: Who Owns America?	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 193
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