Today Anthony Comegna (@DrLocoFoco) leaves us with one final message as we end chronicling liberty: “I certainly will continue my own end of the deal we have struck here—you couldn’t drag me away from my Locofocos, my Spiritualists, my Free Love anarchists, or my radical English Dissenters, to name just a few—but I’ll close with one final plea to each of you: History is not an instruction manual; it is a cautionary tale. No intellectual tradition, no set of good or just ideas, no heroes nor villains are ever remembered unless we do the labor of memory. Our tradition, our ideas, our tales of heroes and our villains all deserve to be remembered, and we deserve to learn from their examples.”Be sure to check back with libertarianism.org to learn about our new history adventures in the coming months.Our Most Memorable Episodes:Eggnog Riot!!The Possession of Frances WhippleReasonable Crimes: Humanizing PiratesThere’s No Excuse for Slavery (Updated) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Anthony Comegna (@DrLocoFoco) leaves us with one final message as we end chronicling liberty: “I certainly will continue my own end of the deal we have struck here—you couldn’t drag me away from my Locofocos, my Spiritualists, my Free Love anarchists, or my radical English Dissenters, to name just a few—but I’ll close with one final plea to each of you: History is not an instruction manual; it is a cautionary tale. No intellectual tradition, no set of good or just ideas, no heroes nor villains are ever remembered unless we do the labor of memory. Our tradition, our ideas, our tales of heroes and our villains all deserve to be remembered, and we deserve to learn from their examples.”Be sure to check back with <a href="http://libertarianism.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">libertarianism.org</a> to learn about our new history adventures in the coming months.<h2>Our Most Memorable Episodes:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/eggnog-riot](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/eggnog-riot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eggnog Riot!!</a><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/possession-frances-whipple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Possession of Frances Whipple</a><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/humanizing-homo-economicus-peter-leeson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reasonable Crimes: Humanizing Pirates</a><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/updated-theres-no-excuse-slavery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">There’s No Excuse for Slavery (Updated)</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 105: The Last Liberty Chronicles

Christopher A. Preble

Last week we left off with selections from William Graham Sumner and we pick up right there today with Christopher Preble. Preble’s new book was released today on our site and it not only explores America imperialist tendency in the past, but also recognizes our foreign policy blunders of today.Does the U.S. think they are in a perfect position to solve the problems of other countries? How did the war against Spain turn out? Does the American imperial empire exist today? When did the U.S. start to get influenced by the imperial mindset of Europe? What is corporatism? Was it honorable to be a soldier in the 1900s? What was the anti-war movement and what happened to it after World War II?Further Reading:Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy, written by Christopher A. Preble, available April 30, 2019.Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630, written by John WinthropRelated Content:Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence, written by John Quincy AdamsJackson: The First Imperial President, Learn LibertyThe Conquest of the United States by Spain, written by William Graham Sumner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week we left off with selections from William Graham Sumner and we pick up right there today with Christopher Preble. Preble’s new book was released today on our site and it not only explores America imperialist tendency in the past, but also recognizes our foreign policy blunders of today.Does the U.S. think they are in a perfect position to solve the problems of other countries? How did the war against Spain turn out? Does the American imperial empire exist today? When did the U.S. start to get influenced by the imperial mindset of Europe? What is corporatism? Was it honorable to be a soldier in the 1900s? What was the anti-war movement and what happened to it after World War II?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/books/peace-war-liberty-understanding-us-foreign-policy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy</a>, written by Christopher A. Preble, available April 30, 2019.<a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Winthrop's%20City%20upon%20a%20Hill.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630</a>, written by John Winthrop<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/address-delivered-request-committee-arrangements-celebrating-anniversary-independence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence</a>, written by John Quincy Adams<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/andrew-jackson-first-imperial-president" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson: The First Imperial President</a>, Learn Liberty<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/conquest-united-states-spain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Conquest of the United States by Spain</a>, written by William Graham Sumner Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 104: The United States as a Young Foreign Power, Part Two, with Christopher A. Preble

Christopher A. Preble joins us for the first episode of a 2-part discussion about early America’s role in the world. Comegna and Preble focus their conversation around two historical documents that are cited in Preble’s new book Peace, War, and Liberty. The first document is John Quincy Adam’s “Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence”. The second document is, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”. Be sure to tune in next week to hear part 2 of this discussion and to download a free copy of the Preble’s book!What is realpolitik? Why weren’t Native Americans seen as sovereign peoples by the United States? What did Americans think of their place in the world by 1820? Did Americans still fear the British in 1820? How did we use the Navy to expand markets in the early and late 1800s?Further Reading:Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy, written by Christopher A. Preble, available April 30, 2019.Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630, written by John WinthropRelated Content:Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence, written by John Quincy AdamsJackson: The First Imperial President, Learn LibertyThe Conquest of the United States by Spain, written by William Graham Sumner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher A. Preble joins us for the first episode of a 2-part discussion about early America’s role in the world. Comegna and Preble focus their conversation around two historical documents that are cited in Preble’s new book Peace, War, and Liberty. The first document is John Quincy Adam’s “Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence”. The second document is, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”. Be sure to tune in next week to hear part 2 of this discussion and to download a free copy of the Preble’s book!What is realpolitik? Why weren’t Native Americans seen as sovereign peoples by the United States? What did Americans think of their place in the world by 1820? Did Americans still fear the British in 1820? How did we use the Navy to expand markets in the early and late 1800s?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/books/peace-war-liberty-understanding-us-foreign-policy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy</a>, written by Christopher A. Preble, available April 30, 2019.<a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Winthrop's%20City%20upon%20a%20Hill.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630</a>, written by John Winthrop<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/address-delivered-request-committee-arrangements-celebrating-anniversary-independence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Address Delivered at the Request of the Committee for Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence</a>, written by John Quincy Adams<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/around-web/andrew-jackson-first-imperial-president" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson: The First Imperial President</a>, Learn Liberty<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/conquest-united-states-spain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Conquest of the United States by Spain</a>, written by William Graham Sumner Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 103: The United States as a Young Foreign Power, with Christopher A. Preble

Can you imagine people getting themselves all worked up over banks and money today? Having that intensely boring issue so thoroughly dominate political life that presidents and parties rise and fall on this one subject alone? No one today knows anything about the Fed and no one wants to know about the Fed. People back in the 1830s and ‘40s, were in a constant state of agitation about it. It seemed to Jacksonian Americans that the individual pursuit of self interest was natural and inevitable.What was important about Adam Smiths’ Wealth of Nations? Were banks corrupt? Have banks always been corrupt? How did views of banks and the Fed change since Jacksonian America?Further Reading:The Myth of Class in Jacksonian America, Cambridge University PressThe Bank War and the Partisan Press, written by Stephen W. CampbellAndrew Jackson, Banks and the Panic of 1837, Lehrman InstituteRelated Content:Jackson Kills the Bank, Part One, written by Andrew JacksonJackson Kills the Bank, Part Two, written by Andrew JacksonMake America Young Again, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you imagine people getting themselves all worked up over banks and money today? Having that intensely boring issue so thoroughly dominate political life that presidents and parties rise and fall on this one subject alone? No one today knows anything about the Fed and no one wants to know about the Fed. People back in the 1830s and ‘40s, were in a constant state of agitation about it. It seemed to Jacksonian Americans that the individual pursuit of self interest was natural and inevitable.What was important about Adam Smiths’ Wealth of Nations? Were banks corrupt? Have banks always been corrupt? How did views of banks and the Fed change since Jacksonian America?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/myth-of-class-in-jacksonian-america/801EF53404C6826FA823F8B78745F7EB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Myth of Class in Jacksonian America</a>, Cambridge University Press<a href="https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2744-8.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bank War and the Partisan Press</a>, written by Stephen W. Campbell<a href="https://lehrmaninstitute.org/history/Andrew-Jackson-1837.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Jackson, Banks and the Panic of 1837</a>, Lehrman Institute<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/jackson-kills-bank-part-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson Kills the Bank, Part One,</a> written by Andrew Jackson<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/jackson-kills-bank-part-two" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson Kills the Bank, Part Two,</a> written by Andrew Jackson<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/make-america-young-again" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Make America Young Again,</a> Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 102: What it Takes to be a Bankster

Edgar Allen Poe was far from being defined as a Locofoco. He was no lover of democracy. He idolized the “devoted loyalty” of old Virginia gentry. As a dark romanticist poet, he believed the America’s Old World aristocracy was fighting the noble cause of attempted to preserve the elevated cultures of the past.What did Edgar Allen Poe think of the class struggle? Did Edgar Allen Poe think that Americans were spoiled? How did Poe think America erected an aristocracy? Was Edgar Allen Poe a conservative?Further Reading:The Fall of the House of Usher (Story by Poe), written by David RushEdgar Allen Poe, Poetry FoundationWho was Edgar Allen Poe?, The Poe MuseumRelated Content:Mushrooms &amp; Men, Liberty Chronicles PodcastAn Introduction to Imaginative Literature, Part IV, written by Jeff RiggenbachLibertarians, Class, and the Left, Anthony Comegna &amp; Caleb O. Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Edgar Allen Poe was far from being defined as a Locofoco. He was no lover of democracy. He idolized the “devoted loyalty” of old Virginia gentry. As a dark romanticist poet, he believed the America’s Old World aristocracy was fighting the noble cause of attempted to preserve the elevated cultures of the past.What did Edgar Allen Poe think of the class struggle? Did Edgar Allen Poe think that Americans were spoiled? How did Poe think America erected an aristocracy? Was Edgar Allen Poe a conservative?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Fall-of-the-House-of-Usher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fall of the House of Usher (Story by Poe)</a>, written by David Rush<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-allan-poe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar Allen Poe</a>, Poetry Foundation<a href="https://www.poemuseum.org/who-was-edgar-allan-poe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who was Edgar Allen Poe?</a>, The Poe Museum<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/mushrooms-men" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mushrooms &amp; Men</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/introduction-imaginative-literature-part-iv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Introduction to Imaginative Literature, Part IV</a>, written by Jeff Riggenbach<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/libertarians-class-left" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Libertarians, Class, and the Left</a>, Anthony Comegna &amp; Caleb O. Brown Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 101: Edgar Allan Poe on Mushrooms and Men

Caleb Brown

For our 100th episode we interviewed Caleb Brown to gain a better understanding of how Quakerism aligns with libertarianism. He discusses his own experience as a Quaker, but he also makes larger claims about how Quakerism can foster a sense of community to the life of an average libertarian.What is attractive about Quakerism? What is a ‘true-believer’ Christian? How does Quakerism mesh with libertarianism? Are there a lot of communitarian elements to Quakerism? How do Quaker meetings take place? What role does Quakerism play in your life?Further Reading:Friends for 300 Years, written by Howard H. BrintonAmazing Grace, directed by Michael AptedCato Daily PodcastRelated Content:Libertarians, Class, and the Left, interview between Anthony Comegna and Caleb BrownThe Antinomians, Liberty Chronicles PodcastSam Gorton: Antinomian Radical, by Literature of Liberty Reviewer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 100th episode we interviewed Caleb Brown to gain a better understanding of how Quakerism aligns with libertarianism. He discusses his own experience as a Quaker, but he also makes larger claims about how Quakerism can foster a sense of community to the life of an average libertarian.What is attractive about Quakerism? What is a ‘true-believer’ Christian? How does Quakerism mesh with libertarianism? Are there a lot of communitarian elements to Quakerism? How do Quaker meetings take place? What role does Quakerism play in your life?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friends-300-Years-Howard-Brinton/dp/B000XMJ9TS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends for 300 Years</a>, written by Howard H. Brinton<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazing Grace</a>, directed by Michael AptedCato Daily <a href="https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast</a><h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/libertarians-class-left" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Libertarians, Class, and the Left</a>, interview between Anthony Comegna and Caleb Brown<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/antinomians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Antinomians</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/samuel-gorton-antinomian-radical" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Gorton: Antinomian Radical</a>, by Literature of Liberty Reviewer Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 100: Quakertarianism, with Caleb Brown

For classical liberals and libertarians, class is a social phenomenon marked by largely artificial distinctions between people based mainly on their access (or lack of access) to raw physical force and a willingness to use force against other people. Classes do not form in society simply because some people have more material wealth racked up than others, nor because some people are better at drawing or sewing or rollerblading than others. Even ideological content of the mind is not really the stuff of class. Sure, plenty of societies have divvied up rights and privileges based on religious or political adherence to one kind of orthodoxy or another, but even in those cases, the ideas do not create the classes. Who is the ruling class? How were they viewed in Jacksonian America? What is a tyrant? Who are the parasites of the class system? How would you define the class struggle?Further Reading:Class and Class Struggle, written by Henry HellerClass Struggle Analysis: A Critique of Class Structure, written by Alvin Y. SoBastiat’s Theory of Class: The Plunders vs. the PlunderedRelated Content:Class for Classical Liberals, written by Jason KuznickiEquality: The Meaning of Class, written by R. H. TawneyAdam Smith, Class Warrior: A Contentious Legacy, written by David S. D’Amato Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For classical liberals and libertarians, class is a social phenomenon marked by largely artificial distinctions between people based mainly on their access (or lack of access) to raw physical force and a willingness to use force against other people. Classes do not form in society simply because some people have more material wealth racked up than others, nor because some people are better at drawing or sewing or rollerblading than others. Even ideological content of the mind is not really the stuff of class. Sure, plenty of societies have divvied up rights and privileges based on religious or political adherence to one kind of orthodoxy or another, but even in those cases, the ideas do not create the classes. Who is the ruling class? How were they viewed in Jacksonian America? What is a tyrant? Who are the parasites of the class system? How would you define the class struggle?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190695545.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190695545-e-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Class and Class Struggle</a>, written by Henry Heller<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2307/1389142?journalCode=spxb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Class Struggle Analysis</a>: A Critique of Class Structure, written by Alvin Y. So<a href="https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/bastiat-class" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bastiat’s Theory of Class: The Plunders vs. the Plundered</a><h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/class-classical-liberals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Class for Classical Liberals</a>, written by Jason Kuznicki<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/equality-meaning-class" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Equality: The Meaning of Class</a>, written by R. H. Tawney<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/adam-smith-class-warrior-contentious-legacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Smith, Class Warrior: A Contentious Legacy</a>, written by David S. D’Amato Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 99: Mushrooms & Men

It is a mistake to think of the Civil War a just a conflict between slavery and freedom. Planters and industrialists were interrelated groups that were dependent on the output of one another. The Civil War was not a clear contest between two groups as many academics make it out to be.What was at stake during the Civil War? What impact did the Civil War have on America in the years following? Did the Civil War make the Federal Government to powerful? How did the Union use the Constitution throughout the Civil War to their advantage?Further Reading:Civil War Created the Modern US Economy, written by Jeremy BenderThe Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865. written by Mark R. WilsonRelated Content:Was the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?, Liberty Chronicles PodcastWhy Did the Southern States Secede?, written by Anthony ComegnaSeward’s “Little Bell”, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is a mistake to think of the Civil War a just a conflict between slavery and freedom. Planters and industrialists were interrelated groups that were dependent on the output of one another. The Civil War was not a clear contest between two groups as many academics make it out to be.What was at stake during the Civil War? What impact did the Civil War have on America in the years following? Did the Civil War make the Federal Government to powerful? How did the Union use the Constitution throughout the Civil War to their advantage?<h3>Further Reading:</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/civil-war-created-the-modern-us-economy-2016-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Civil War Created the Modern US Economy</a>, written by Jeremy Bender<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Business-Civil-War-Mobilization-Technology/dp/0801883482" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865</a>. written by Mark R. Wilson<h3>Related Content:</h3><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/was-civil-war-libertarian-moment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Was the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/why-did-southern-states-secede" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Did the Southern States Secede?</a>, written by Anthony Comegna<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/ep-96-sewards-little-bell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seward’s “Little Bell”</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 98: The Civil War as Corporatist Conquest

Nicholas Mosvick

Anthony interviews Nicholas Mosvick to discuss the issue of conscription during the Civil War and its’ lasting impact. During the time of the Civil War, conscription was certainly a strain on constitutional authority. Originally a state power to force citizens into fighting, but by the summer of 1862 the Union was growing desperate for manpower &amp; volunteerism was on the decline.What is conscription? Did it change the outcome of the Civil War? Is conscription an abuse of federal power? What is habeas corpus? Who were the War Democrats during the Civil War? Could there be a military draft at any time? Is the all-male draft style constitutional?Further Reading:Should women be required to register for the draft? Commission likely to recommend big changes, written by Gregory KorteThe Draft Should Be Left Out in the Cold, written by James Jay CarafanoRelated Content:Abelman’s Shadow: State Struggles over Habeas Corpus, written by Nicholas MosvickGarrison on the Civil War and Conscription, written by George H. SmithConscription: The Means of Interventionism, written by Justin Raimondo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony interviews Nicholas Mosvick to discuss the issue of conscription during the Civil War and its’ lasting impact. During the time of the Civil War, conscription was certainly a strain on constitutional authority. Originally a state power to force citizens into fighting, but by the summer of 1862 the Union was growing desperate for manpower &amp; volunteerism was on the decline.What is conscription? Did it change the outcome of the Civil War? Is conscription an abuse of federal power? What is habeas corpus? Who were the War Democrats during the Civil War? Could there be a military draft at any time? Is the all-male draft style constitutional?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/23/national-commission-military-public-service-congress-selective-draft-women-combat-voluntary/2619455002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should women be required to register for the draft? Commission likely to recommend big changes</a>, written by Gregory Korte<a href="https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-draft-should-be-left-out-the-cold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Draft Should Be Left Out in the Cold</a>, written by James Jay Carafano<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/ablemans-shadow-state-struggles-over-habeas-corpus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abelman’s Shadow: State Struggles over Habeas Corpus</a>, written by Nicholas Mosvick<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/garrison-civil-war-conscription" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garrison on the Civil War and Conscription</a>, written by George H. Smith<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/conscription-means-interventionism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conscription: The Means of Interventionism</a>, written by Justin Raimondo Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 97: Resisting Leviathan, with Nicholas Mosvick

On the one hand, Seward’s “little bell” was a wonderful encapsulation of Republican excess and the wartime erosion of liberties which Democrats prided themselves on vigilantly protecting. On the other hand, it was a fabrication, an example of the Democrats’ own penchant for excess and the dramatization of their sufferings during Lincoln’s war—but even if Seward never actually said it, he well could have.What was Seward’s “little bell”? How was Seward a poor Secretary of State? Why was Steward allowed to approve arbitrary arrests? What is the writ of habeas corpus? What did Fort Lafayette represent during the Civil War?Related Content:Mr. Seward’s Little Bell, written by Rick BeardThe Lincoln Administration and Arbitrary Arrests: A Reconsideration, written by Mark E. Neely, Jr.Further Reading:Lincoln the Colonizationist Part 1, with Phil Magness, Liberty Chronicles PodcastEverything Wrong with the Tyler Administration, written by Anthony ComegnaWas the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the one hand, Seward’s “little bell” was a wonderful encapsulation of Republican excess and the wartime erosion of liberties which Democrats prided themselves on vigilantly protecting. On the other hand, it was a fabrication, an example of the Democrats’ own penchant for excess and the dramatization of their sufferings during Lincoln’s war—but even if Seward never actually said it, he well could have.What was Seward’s “little bell”? How was Seward a poor Secretary of State? Why was Steward allowed to approve arbitrary arrests? What is the writ of habeas corpus? What did Fort Lafayette represent during the Civil War?<h3>Related Content:</h3><a href="https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/mr-sewards-little-bell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Seward’s Little Bell</a>, written by Rick Beard<a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0005.103/--lincoln-administration-and-arbitrary-arrests?rgn=main;view=fulltext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lincoln Administration and Arbitrary Arrests: A Reconsideration</a>, written by Mark E. Neely, Jr.<h3>Further Reading:</h3><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/lincoln-colonizationist-part-1-phil-magness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lincoln the Colonizationist Part 1, with Phil Magness</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/everything-wrong-tyler-administration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everything Wrong with the Tyler Administration</a>, written by Anthony Comegna<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/was-civil-war-libertarian-moment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Was the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 96: Seward's "Little Bell”

Join host Dr. Anthony Comegna on a series of libertarian explorations into the past. Liberty Chronicles combines innovative libertarian thinking about history with specialist interviews, primary and secondary sources, and answers to listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Very thoughtful interviews--intelligent, informed, provocative.

Thoughtful interviews

Absolutely brilliant! Everyone from all ideologies need to take notice.

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Join host Dr. Anthony Comegna on a series of libertarian explorations into the past. Liberty Chronicles combines innovative libertarian thinking about history with specialist interviews, primary and secondary sources, and answers to listener questions. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Liberty Chronicles

Frederick Douglass

Timothy Sandefur joins us this week to discuss how Frederick Douglass and his beliefs do not align perfectly to today’s political factions. He is often mischaracterized due to his legendary status. Has Douglass been purposefully distorted over time? Does the omission of facts about what he did and how he acted play a large role in that distortion?Frederick Douglass is defined as an individualist, which is best exemplified by his speeches and attitudes toward serving in the military. In his speeches and writings, he believed that slaves should join the army, not to serve their country, but rather, to give themselves a sense of pride. This, he believed, was a crucial way for the slaves to feel empowered because they earned their freedom in a way that ensured that it would never be taken away.Further ReadingFrederick Douglass: Self-Made Man, by Timothy SandefurHow Libertarians Ought to Think About the U.S. Civil War by Timothy SandefurNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself Music by Kai EngelRelated ContentSlavery in America, Encyclopedia of LibertarianismWhat to a Slave is the Fourth of July, written by Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass: Self-Made Man, Free Thoughts Episode  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timothy Sandefur joins us this week to discuss how Frederick Douglass and his beliefs do not align perfectly to today’s political factions. He is often mischaracterized due to his legendary status. Has Douglass been purposefully distorted over time? Does the omission of facts about what he did and how he acted play a large role in that distortion?Frederick Douglass is defined as an individualist, which is best exemplified by his speeches and attitudes toward serving in the military. In his speeches and writings, he believed that slaves should join the army, not to serve their country, but rather, to give themselves a sense of pride. This, he believed, was a crucial way for the slaves to feel empowered because they earned their freedom in a way that ensured that it would never be taken away.<h2>Further Reading</h2><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Self-Made-Timothy-Sandefur/dp/1944424857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533131756&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=tim+sandefur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man</a>, by Timothy Sandefur<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=933676" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Libertarians Ought to Think About the U.S. Civil War by Timothy Sandefur</a><a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/dougnarrhp.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself </a>Music by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/encyclopedia/slavery-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slavery in America</a>, Encyclopedia of Libertarianism<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/what-slave-is-fourth-july" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What to a Slave is the Fourth of July</a>, written by Frederick Douglass<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/frederick-douglass-self-made-man" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man</a>, Free Thoughts Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 65: Was Frederick Douglass a Libertarian?

Mark Smith

All history is a string of sense perceptions linked together by individual minds in meaningful patterns we call moments, minutes, hours, days, months, years, wars, eras, periods, ages, and so on. History is sensation, and all sensation is done by the fundamental units of the human species; the individual. In this episode, we explore the Civil War through sensor history in order to fully understand what it was actually like on the battlefield and at home from the perspective of all 5 senses. What is sensory history? Is sensory history important to understand the depth of the human experience? Should history be hyper individualized? How can sensory history help us learn more about what we believe we already know? Can sound be revolutionary? Further Reading: The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War, written by Mark Smith Looking Back: The explosion of sensory history, written by Mark Smith Related Content: [The Confederacy and Liberty](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty), written by Jason Kuznicki Why “Libertarian” Defenses of the Confederacy and “States’ Rights” are Incoherent, written by Jonathan Blanks Conflicts Among Peace Advocates During the Civil War, written by George H. Smith  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All history is a string of sense perceptions linked together by individual minds in meaningful patterns we call moments, minutes, hours, days, months, years, wars, eras, periods, ages, and so on. History is sensation, and all sensation is done by the fundamental units of the human species; the individual. In this episode, we explore the Civil War through sensor history in order to fully understand what it was actually like on the battlefield and at home from the perspective of all 5 senses. What is sensory history? Is sensory history important to understand the depth of the human experience? Should history be hyper individualized? How can sensory history help us learn more about what we believe we already know? Can sound be revolutionary? <h2>Further Reading:</h2> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smell-Battle-Taste-Siege-Sensory/dp/0199759987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War</a>, written by Mark Smith <a href="https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-23/edition-10/looking-back-explosion-sensory-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Looking Back: The explosion of sensory history</a>, written by Mark Smith <h2>Related Content:</h2> [The Confederacy and Liberty](<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty</a>](<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty</a>), written by Jason Kuznicki <a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/why-libertarian-defenses-confederacy-states-rights-are-incoherent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why “Libertarian” Defenses of the Confederacy and “States’ Rights” are Incoherent,</a> written by Jonathan Blanks <a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/conflicts-among-peace-advocates-during-civil-war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conflicts Among Peace Advocates During the Civil War</a>, written by George H. Smith Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 89: What did the Civil War Smell Like? with Mark Smith

Our conversation about how all history is revisionist and open to creativity with Michael Douma continues this week. Douma believes that a history classroom should not be about memorizing facts that a professor believes matter. It is more important to train people to think critically and creatively. Douma believes that history is always written from the perspective of the historian, describing it as, “a discussion without end”, meaning history is never completely solid or solved.What is the definition of creativity? How is history like a pencil? Is history all conspiracy? What is a history buff? What is a crack-pot?Further ReadingMichael J. Douma websiteCreative Historical Thinking, written by Michael J. DoumaWhat is Classical Liberal History?, written by Michael J. DoumaMusic by Kai EngelRelated ContentCreative Historical Thinking, with Michael Douma, Part One, Liberty Chronicles EpisodeWhat is the Importance of History, written by David BoazIs there a Purpose to History?, Free Thoughts EpisodeWhat is Classical Liberal History?, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our conversation about how all history is revisionist and open to creativity with Michael Douma continues this week. Douma believes that a history classroom should not be about memorizing facts that a professor believes matter. It is more important to train people to think critically and creatively. Douma believes that history is always written from the perspective of the historian, describing it as, “a discussion without end”, meaning history is never completely solid or solved.What is the definition of creativity? How is history like a pencil? Is history all conspiracy? What is a history buff? What is a crack-pot?<h2>Further Reading</h2>Michael J. Douma <a href="https://michaeljdouma.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Historical-Thinking-Michael-Douma/dp/1138048852" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Historical Thinking</a>, written by Michael J. Douma<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Liberal-History-Michael-Douma/dp/1498536107/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533931766&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=michael+j+douma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Classical Liberal History?</a>, written by Michael J. DoumaMusic by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/creative-historical-thinking-michael-douma-part-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Historical Thinking, with Michael Douma, Part One</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/importance-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is the Importance of History</a>, written by David Boaz<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts-podcast/is-there-purpose-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is there a Purpose to History?</a>, Free Thoughts Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/what-is-classical-liberal-history-mike-douma-phil-magness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Classical Liberal History?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 67: More Creative Historical Thinking

We have a tendency to treat the past as some sort of ideal world where historical actors played out their ideal scenarios under ideal conditions. We grant Lincoln the superhuman powers of creating the war all by himself and being responsible for everything done in the Union’s name. We go to some wild efforts to place historical agency in the hands of particular people or groups to avoid blaming the historical actors with whom we identify personally. There was a time when historians found it both easy and convenient to present the Confederacy as an exercise in Jeffersonian liberalism.Was Lincoln both the Great Emancipator and the shredder of the Magna Carta? How did the Civil War have libertarian underpinnings? How did Frances Whipple use poetry to describe the Civil War as a movement?Further Reading:Sarah O’Dowd, A Rhode Island Original: Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall, 2004.“Elleanor Eldridge: Folk Hero of African American Feminism”“Let Usurpers Tremble: The Unrepublican Anomaly”Related Content:The Possession of Frances Whipple, Liberty Chronicles PodcastLiberty Chimes: Free Speech, the Tyrant-Slayer, written by Frances WhippleLiberty Chimes: The Slave Mother, written by Frances Whipple Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a tendency to treat the past as some sort of ideal world where historical actors played out their ideal scenarios under ideal conditions. We grant Lincoln the superhuman powers of creating the war all by himself and being responsible for everything done in the Union’s name. We go to some wild efforts to place historical agency in the hands of particular people or groups to avoid blaming the historical actors with whom we identify personally. There was a time when historians found it both easy and convenient to present the Confederacy as an exercise in Jeffersonian liberalism.Was Lincoln both the Great Emancipator and the shredder of the Magna Carta? How did the Civil War have libertarian underpinnings? How did Frances Whipple use poetry to describe the Civil War as a movement?<h2>Further Reading:</h2>Sarah O’Dowd, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Original-Frances-McDougall/dp/B005Q79JDQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Rhode Island Original: Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall</a>, 2004.<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/elleanor-eldridge-folk-hero-african-american-feminism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Elleanor Eldridge: Folk Hero of African American Feminism”</a><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/let-usurpers-tremble-unrepublican-anomaly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Let Usurpers Tremble: The Unrepublican Anomaly”</a><h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="//www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/possession-frances-whipple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Possession of Frances Whipple</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/liberty-chimes-free-speech-tyrant-slayer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liberty Chimes: Free Speech, the Tyrant-Slayer</a>, written by Frances Whipple<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/liberty-chimes-slave-mother" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liberty Chimes: The Slave Mother</a>, written by Frances Whipple Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 94: Was the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?

Southerners strived to protect slavery as thoroughly as possible. In order to do that, they embraced a pragmatic ideology tailored to fight their Northern opposition. To many Southerners, slavery represented comfort, but others embraced slavery as their Christian duty to save Africans from the drudgeries of freedom and supposedly meek lives of Northern industrial workers.What is methodological individualism? Was there a monolithic south? What is enlightenment liberalism? Who was Nathaniel Beverly Tucker?Further Reading:America Mobbing, 1828-1861, written by David GrimstedThe Life and Literature of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, written by Robert Doares, Jr.Related Content:Jeffersonian Optimism vs. Country Pessimism, from Literature of Liberty ReviewerRadical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War, written by Eric FonerCompromising Compromisers, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Southerners strived to protect slavery as thoroughly as possible. In order to do that, they embraced a pragmatic ideology tailored to fight their Northern opposition. To many Southerners, slavery represented comfort, but others embraced slavery as their Christian duty to save Africans from the drudgeries of freedom and supposedly meek lives of Northern industrial workers.What is methodological individualism? Was there a monolithic south? What is enlightenment liberalism? Who was Nathaniel Beverly Tucker?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-mobbing-1828-1861-9780195117073?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">America Mobbing, 1828-1861</a>, written by David Grimsted<a href="http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn01/tucker.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Life and Literature of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker</a>, written by Robert Doares, Jr.<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/jeffersonian-optimism-vs-country-pessmism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeffersonian Optimism vs. Country Pessimism</a>, from Literature of Liberty Reviewer<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/radical-individualism-america-revolution-civil-war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War</a>, written by Eric Foner<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/compromising-compromisers-stephen-maizlish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Compromising Compromisers</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 83: Who Killed Jefferson(ianism)?

Few contemporary or historical accounts of Bacon’s rebellion agree in every particular about the movement’s motivations and outcomes. For the Jacksonian Democrat, George Bancroft, Virginians had enjoyed free government for three generations on the edge of the wilderness. For Bancroft and nationalist historians, this was the prelude to the American Revolution—it was the people seizing their government, its policy-making apparatus, and its legitimacy so that the popular interest might once again govern Virginia. However, Twentieth-century historians with a more global perspective on British imperial activity recognized Bacon’s Rebellion as a racialized conflict against the Indians which transformed into a vehicle for the expression of popular discontent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Few contemporary or historical accounts of Bacon’s rebellion agree in every particular about the movement’s motivations and outcomes. For the Jacksonian Democrat, George Bancroft, Virginians had enjoyed free government for three generations on the edge of the wilderness. For Bancroft and nationalist historians, this was the prelude to the American Revolution—it was the people seizing their government, its policy-making apparatus, and its legitimacy so that the popular interest might once again govern Virginia. However, Twentieth-century historians with a more global perspective on British imperial activity recognized Bacon’s Rebellion as a racialized conflict against the Indians which transformed into a vehicle for the expression of popular discontent. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 12: Bacon's Rebellion & the Invention of Race

We dive into the secession winter of 1860-1861 when politicians sacrificed unity and stability for personal power. The story of secession cannot be defined as simply an abolitionist versus slaveholders story. There were many factions of people in between the two extremes who were anti-slavery, deportationists, and everywhere in between. It was not as cut and dry as many historians tend to argue.Who were the “fire-eaters”? What were the differences between the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the Confederate States of America? Was the election of 1860 the reason that secession conventions were held?Further Reading:Freehling, William W. The Road to Disunion, Vol. I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854. New York: Oxford University Press. 1990. The Road to Disunion, Vol. II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.Channing, Steven. Crisis of Fear: Secession in South Carolina. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1970.Thomas, Emory. The Confederate Nation: 1861-1865. New York: Harper &amp; Row. 1979.Related Content:Why Did the Southern States Secede?, written by Anthony ComegnaConflicts Among Peace Advocates during the Civil War, written by George H. SmithWho Killed Jefferson(ianism)?, Liberty Chronicles Podcast  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dive into the secession winter of 1860-1861 when politicians sacrificed unity and stability for personal power. The story of secession cannot be defined as simply an abolitionist versus slaveholders story. There were many factions of people in between the two extremes who were anti-slavery, deportationists, and everywhere in between. It was not as cut and dry as many historians tend to argue.Who were the “fire-eaters”? What were the differences between the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the Confederate States of America? Was the election of 1860 the reason that secession conventions were held?<h2>Further Reading:</h2>Freehling, William W. The Road to Disunion, Vol. I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854. New York: Oxford University Press. 1990. The Road to Disunion, Vol. II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.Channing, Steven. Crisis of Fear: Secession in South Carolina. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1970.Thomas, Emory. The Confederate Nation: 1861-1865. New York: Harper &amp; Row. 1979.<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/why-did-southern-states-secede" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Did the Southern States Secede?</a>, written by Anthony Comegna<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/conflicts-among-peace-advocates-during-civil-war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conflicts Among Peace Advocates during the Civil War</a>, written by George H. Smith<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/who-killed-jeffersonianism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Killed Jefferson(ianism)?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 88: The Secession Conventions

Michael Douma

Michael Douma joins us for the first part of a two-part series to discuss how we see the past as as an interpretative history. He argues that history is a creative discipline because we choose to arrange facts in a certain way.Douma goes through his new book, Creative Historical Thinking, and how he typically asks his students to draw a timeline of their lives or a timeline of American history. Quite often, each students’ timeline forms differently. Relating that to the study of the past, Douma argues that every timeline a historian draws, is a different interpretation of the past, creating history. Everyone has a different mental model or “timeline” in which they view their lives and that allows history to be a creative endeavor.Is the past simply what happened? With that in mind, is history our interpretation of the past? Is history how we give meaning to the past? What is the difference between an error in conception and an error in fact? If you had to drawl the timeline of your life how would you drawl it?Further Reading:Michael J. Douma websiteCreative Historical Thinking, written by Michael J. DoumaWhat is Classical Liberal History?, written by Michael J. DoumaMusic by Kai EngelRelated Content:What is the Importance of History, written by David BoazIs there a Purpose to History?, Free Thoughts EpisodeWhat is Classical Liberal History?, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Douma joins us for the first part of a two-part series to discuss how we see the past as as an interpretative history. He argues that history is a creative discipline because we choose to arrange facts in a certain way.Douma goes through his new book, Creative Historical Thinking, and how he typically asks his students to draw a timeline of their lives or a timeline of American history. Quite often, each students’ timeline forms differently. Relating that to the study of the past, Douma argues that every timeline a historian draws, is a different interpretation of the past, creating history. Everyone has a different mental model or “timeline” in which they view their lives and that allows history to be a creative endeavor.Is the past simply what happened? With that in mind, is history our interpretation of the past? Is history how we give meaning to the past? What is the difference between an error in conception and an error in fact? If you had to drawl the timeline of your life how would you drawl it?<h2>Further Reading:</h2>Michael J. Douma <a href="https://michaeljdouma.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Historical-Thinking-Michael-Douma/dp/1138048852" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Historical Thinking</a>, written by Michael J. Douma<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Liberal-History-Michael-Douma/dp/1498536107/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533931766&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=michael+j+douma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Classical Liberal History?</a>, written by Michael J. DoumaMusic by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/importance-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is the Importance of History</a>, written by David Boaz<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts-podcast/is-there-purpose-history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is there a Purpose to History?</a>, Free Thoughts Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/what-is-classical-liberal-history-mike-douma-phil-magness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is Classical Liberal History?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 66: Creative Historical Thinking, with Michael Douma, Part One

This is a updated version of “There’s No Excuse for Slavery” which was released on July 3rd, 2018. Enjoy!The planters of the South believed that slavery had grown up with American society and its’ institutions. John C. Calhoun argued that slavery was a “positive good” because he believed that no well-off society existed in which “one portion of the community did not in point of fact, live on the labor of the other”. How did beliefs like these and those of Calhoun’s followers further split the Union?How could a man like Jefferson at once declare all humanity’s equal, natural rights and yet hold hundreds of people in bondage? What was state-made racism? Who were the beneficiaries of slavery? Who were the Quakers and how did they influence the anti-slavery movement? What is the argument of slavery as a “positive good”? Who really was John C. Calhoun?Further Reading:John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a “Positive Good:” What He Said, written by Clyde WilsonJohn C. Calhoun: He Started the Civil War, written by Civil War TimesMusic by Kai EngelRelated Content:Libertarians and the Confederacy, by Jason KuznickiWhy “Libertarian” Defenses of the Confederacy and “States’ Rights” are Incoherent, written by Jonathan BlanksKansas Changes Everything, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a updated version of “There’s No Excuse for Slavery” which was released on July 3rd, 2018. Enjoy!The planters of the South believed that slavery had grown up with American society and its’ institutions. John C. Calhoun argued that slavery was a “positive good” because he believed that no well-off society existed in which “one portion of the community did not in point of fact, live on the labor of the other”. How did beliefs like these and those of Calhoun’s followers further split the Union?How could a man like Jefferson at once declare all humanity’s equal, natural rights and yet hold hundreds of people in bondage? What was state-made racism? Who were the beneficiaries of slavery? Who were the Quakers and how did they influence the anti-slavery movement? What is the argument of slavery as a “positive good”? Who really was John C. Calhoun?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/clyde-wilson-library/john-c-calhoun-and-slavery-as-a-positive-good-what-he-said/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a “Positive Good:” What He Said</a>, written by Clyde Wilson<a href="http://www.historynet.com/john-c-calhoun-he-started-the-civil-war.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John C. Calhoun: He Started the Civil War</a>, written by Civil War TimesMusic by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/libertarian-view/libertarians-confederacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Libertarians and the Confederacy</a>, by Jason Kuznicki<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/why-libertarian-defenses-confederacy-states-rights-are-incoherent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why “Libertarian” Defenses of the Confederacy and “States’ Rights” are Incoherent</a>, written by Jonathan Blanks<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/kansas-changes-everything" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kansas Changes Everything</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 72: There's No Excuse for Slavery (Updated)

Kevin Gutzman

Shownotes:Kevin Gutzman is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of history at Western Connecticut State University. He has a PhD from the University of Virginia and much of his research has focused on precisely that state. Three of his books—Virginia’s American Revolution, James Madison and the Making of America, and Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary—flesh out what Gutzman takes to be a radical, revolutionary time and place in American history. We would be remiss if we did not try to understand the world from above just as we try to understand it from below. Further Readings/References:Kevin Gutzman’s personal websiteHis Amazon author’s pageCarroll, Francis. A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2001.Errington, Jane. The Lion, the Eagle, and Upper Canada: A Developing Colonial Ideology. Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 1987.Risjord, Norman. The Old Republicans: Southern Conservatism in the Age of Jefferson. New York: Columbia University Press. 1965. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<h3>Shownotes:</h3>Kevin Gutzman is a New York Times best-selling author and professor of history at Western Connecticut State University. He has a PhD from the University of Virginia and much of his research has focused on precisely that state. Three of his books—Virginia’s American Revolution, James Madison and the Making of America, and Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary—flesh out what Gutzman takes to be a radical, revolutionary time and place in American history. We would be remiss if we did not try to understand the world from above just as we try to understand it from below. <h3>Further Readings/References:</h3><a href="http://www.kevingutzman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Gutzman’s personal website</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-R.-C.-Gutzman/e/B001JP0Z0A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His Amazon author’s page</a>Carroll, Francis. A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2001.Errington, Jane. The Lion, the Eagle, and Upper Canada: A Developing Colonial Ideology. Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 1987.Risjord, Norman. The Old Republicans: Southern Conservatism in the Age of Jefferson. New York: Columbia University Press. 1965. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 31: The Jefferson Years and Mr. Madison’s War, with Kevin Gutzman

The conspirators fully expected Tammany regulars would play whatever dirty tricks necessary to maintain control over the convention.  Each conspirator attended the meeting with pockets full of “Loco Foco” matches and candles. They were a new invention, friction candles ignited by striking the match tip against a surface. Locofoco supposedly entered the American lexicon as a bastardization of the Italian words for moving fire. And these people were definitely fireballs set into motion.Further Readings/References:Ashworth, John. “Agrarians &amp; Aristocrats:” Party Political Ideology in the United States, 1837-1846. London: Royal Historical Society. 1983.Byrdsall, Fitzwilliam. The History of the Loco-Foco or Equal Rights Party: Its Movements, Conventions, and Proceedings with Short Characteristic Sketches of Its Prominent Men. New York: Burt Franklin. 1967.Hugins, Walter. Jacksonian Democracy and the Working Class: A Study of the New York Workingmen’s Movement, 1829-1837. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 1960.Lause, Mark. Young America: Land, Labor, and the Republican Community. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 2005.Music by Kai Engel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The conspirators fully expected Tammany regulars would play whatever dirty tricks necessary to maintain control over the convention.  Each conspirator attended the meeting with pockets full of “Loco Foco” matches and candles. They were a new invention, friction candles ignited by striking the match tip against a surface. Locofoco supposedly entered the American lexicon as a bastardization of the Italian words for moving fire. And these people were definitely fireballs set into motion.<h3>Further Readings/References:</h3>Ashworth, John. “Agrarians &amp; Aristocrats:” Party Political Ideology in the United States, 1837-1846. London: Royal Historical Society. 1983.<a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_YMkR65pexQcC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Byrdsall, Fitzwilliam. The History of the Loco-Foco or Equal Rights Party: Its Movements, Conventions, and Proceedings with Short Characteristic Sketches of Its Prominent Men. New York: Burt Franklin. 1967.</a>Hugins, Walter. Jacksonian Democracy and the Working Class: A Study of the New York Workingmen’s Movement, 1829-1837. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 1960.Lause, Mark. Young America: Land, Labor, and the Republican Community. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 2005.Music by Kai Engel Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 41: What's a Loco-Foco?

All the way from the 1770s to the 1850s, Americans had plenty of political disagreements, but nothing ever seriously disrupted the machinery of state until abolitionists and planters began forcing the slavery issue. Prior to the election of 1856, some much-needed rearrangement occurred in politics. In 1856, the newly-minted Republican Party lost on the back of John C. Frémont, but they gained crucial insight out of the election. The Republicans realized that they could take over the White House without a single vote from the Southern states. In 1860, along came an ambitious Republican from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, who used the trail blazed by early libertarians.How did the Republican Party arise? What happened to the Free Soilers and Whigs in response to the birth of the Republican party? Who was the New American Party? Who were the “Know-Nothings”? Was there a Loco-Foco Party?Further Reading:James Buchanan: Campaigns and Elections, written by William CooperUnited States presidential election of 1856, written by Richard PallardyGienapp, William. The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856. New York: Oxford University Press. 1987.Eric Foner, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1995.Music by Kai EngelRelated Content:There’s No Excuse for Slavery (Updated), Liberty Chronicles EpisodeWhiggery’s Last Gasp, Liberty Chronicles EpisodeFree Soil After Van Buren, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All the way from the 1770s to the 1850s, Americans had plenty of political disagreements, but nothing ever seriously disrupted the machinery of state until abolitionists and planters began forcing the slavery issue. Prior to the election of 1856, some much-needed rearrangement occurred in politics. In 1856, the newly-minted Republican Party lost on the back of John C. Frémont, but they gained crucial insight out of the election. The Republicans realized that they could take over the White House without a single vote from the Southern states. In 1860, along came an ambitious Republican from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, who used the trail blazed by early libertarians.How did the Republican Party arise? What happened to the Free Soilers and Whigs in response to the birth of the Republican party? Who was the New American Party? Who were the “Know-Nothings”? Was there a Loco-Foco Party?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://millercenter.org/president/buchanan/campaigns-and-elections" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Buchanan: Campaigns and Elections</a>, written by William Cooper<a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">United States presidential election of 1856</a>, written by Richard PallardyGienapp, William. The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856. New York: Oxford University Press. 1987.Eric Foner, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1995.Music by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/updated-theres-no-excuse-slavery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">There’s No Excuse for Slavery (Updated)</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/whiggerys-last-gasp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whiggery’s Last Gasp</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/free-soil-after-van-buren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Soil After Van Buren</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 73: The First Republicans

Jeff Hummel

Jeff Hummel joins our lengthy debate about who Van Buren really was as a person and as a President. Hummel argues that Van Buren took a small “r” republican position for most of his career, both in the law and in politics. Hummel also argues that Van Buren was more consistent as President than those who came before him.Why would Jeff Hummel categorize Van Buren as the “least bad” President? Why is Van Buren considered the first “ethnic President”? Was Van Buren consistently classically liberal? How does Van Buren compare to Calhoun? What did Van Buren think was the purpose of political parties?Further Reading:Jeff Hummel’s articles on Van Buren: In The Independent and from Reassessing the PresidencyCurtis, James C. The Fox at Bay: Martin Van Buren and the Presidency, 1837-1841. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. 1970.Silbey, Joel. Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics. Lanham: Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2002.Van Buren, Martin. Inquiry into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States. New York: Hurd and Houghton. 1867.The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1920.Widmer, Edward. Martin Van Buren. New York: Times Books. 2005.Music by Kai EngelRelated Content:Free Soil After Van Buren, Liberty Chronicles EpisodeVan Buren’s Dirty Game, Liberty Chronicles EpisodeWhat’s a Loco-Foco?, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Hummel joins our lengthy debate about who Van Buren really was as a person and as a President. Hummel argues that Van Buren took a small “r” republican position for most of his career, both in the law and in politics. Hummel also argues that Van Buren was more consistent as President than those who came before him.Why would Jeff Hummel categorize Van Buren as the “least bad” President? Why is Van Buren considered the first “ethnic President”? Was Van Buren consistently classically liberal? How does Van Buren compare to Calhoun? What did Van Buren think was the purpose of political parties?<h2>Further Reading:</h2>Jeff Hummel’s articles on Van Buren: In <a href="http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=289" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Independent</a> and from <a href="https://mises.org/library/martin-van-buren-american-gladstone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reassessing the Presidency</a>Curtis, James C. The Fox at Bay: Martin Van Buren and the Presidency, 1837-1841. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. 1970.Silbey, Joel. Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics. Lanham: Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2002.Van Buren, Martin. Inquiry into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States. New York: Hurd and Houghton. 1867.The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1920.Widmer, Edward. Martin Van Buren. New York: Times Books. 2005.Music by Kai Engel<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/free-soil-after-van-buren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Soil After Van Buren</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/van-burens-dirty-game" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Van Buren’s Dirty Game</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/legendary-locofocos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What’s a Loco-Foco?</a>, Liberty Chronicles Episode Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 69: Van Buren - Friend or Foe? with Jeff Hummel

Phil Magness

Phil Magness joins us this week to teach the radical nature of Lysander Spooner. Spooner’s legal career started in an apprenticeship under 2 lawyers and he was best known for his support for the Abolitionist movement. His philosophy of liberty heavily influenced his law practice as well as his activist lifestyle.Who was Lysander Spooner? Is there a connection between his post office activism and his abolition activism? What radical politics did Spooner practice? What is the secret six? How does natural law relate to slavery?Further Reading:Two Treatises on Competitive Currency and Banking, written by Lysander SpoonerJohn Brown and the Secret Six, Massachusetts Historical SocietyRelated Content:Cannibals All!, with Phil Magness, Liberty Chronicles PodcastAn Essay on the Trial by Jury: Juries vs. Representative Democracy, written by Lysander SpoonerLysander Spooner on Natural Law, written by George H. Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Magness joins us this week to teach the radical nature of Lysander Spooner. Spooner’s legal career started in an apprenticeship under 2 lawyers and he was best known for his support for the Abolitionist movement. His philosophy of liberty heavily influenced his law practice as well as his activist lifestyle.Who was Lysander Spooner? Is there a connection between his post office activism and his abolition activism? What radical politics did Spooner practice? What is the secret six? How does natural law relate to slavery?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0913610453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two Treatises on Competitive Currency and Banking</a>, written by Lysander Spooner<a href="https://www.masshist.org/features/boston-abolitionists/john-brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Brown and the Secret Six</a>, Massachusetts Historical Society<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/cannibals-all-phil-magness](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/cannibals-all-phil-magness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cannibals All!, with Phil Magness</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/essay-trial-jury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Essay on the Trial by Jury: Juries vs. Representative Democracy</a>, written by Lysander Spooner<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/lysander-spooner-natural-law" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lysander Spooner on Natural Law</a>, written by George H. Smith Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 81: Spooner & The Secret Six, with Phil Magness

Stephen Maizlish

Stephen Maizlish sifted through 1700-1800 different documents and speeches from the 19th century in order to recreate an accurate depiction of the discourse that was occurring in Congress prior to the Civil War. His book, A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era), is the product of his outstanding work. He found that many speeches and documents of lesser-known congressman of the time were the most profound and the least read by historians today.What exactly caused the Civil War? What is the importance of intellectual history? What are the power of words when reconstructing a reality? How different really were the Northern and Southern Congressmen during the Compromise of 1850? How was the division between the North and the South created? How prevalent were the concepts of masculinity in discourse during the time of the Compromise of 1850?Further Reading:“How Calls for Civility Led to the Civil War,” by Oliver BatemanHolt, Michael. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War. New York: Hill &amp; Wang. 2004.Ransom, Roger. Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation, and the American Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989.A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era), written by Stephen W. MaizlishRelated Content:The Virtues of Compromise, written by Charles Jared Ingersoll1848 and Its Aftermath, Liberty Chronicles PodcastThe Greatest of Nullifiers, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Maizlish sifted through 1700-1800 different documents and speeches from the 19th century in order to recreate an accurate depiction of the discourse that was occurring in Congress prior to the Civil War. His book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strife-Tongues-Compromise-Ideological-Foundations/dp/0813941199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1541441872&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_27%3AStephen+E.+Maizlish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)</a>, is the product of his outstanding work. He found that many speeches and documents of lesser-known congressman of the time were the most profound and the least read by historians today.What exactly caused the Civil War? What is the importance of intellectual history? What are the power of words when reconstructing a reality? How different really were the Northern and Southern Congressmen during the Compromise of 1850? How was the division between the North and the South created? How prevalent were the concepts of masculinity in discourse during the time of the Compromise of 1850?<h2>Further Reading:</h2>“<a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/psmag.com/.amp/education/how-calls-for-civility-led-to-the-civil-war" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Calls for Civility Led to the Civil War</a>,” by Oliver BatemanHolt, Michael. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War. New York: Hill &amp; Wang. 2004.Ransom, Roger. Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation, and the American Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strife-Tongues-Compromise-Ideological-Foundations/dp/0813941199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1541441872&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_27%3AStephen+E.+Maizlish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)</a>, written by Stephen W. Maizlish<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/charles-ingersolls-letter-friend-slave-state-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Virtues of Compromise</a>, written by Charles Jared Ingersoll<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/liberty-chronicles/1848-its-aftermath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1848 and Its Aftermath</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/great-nullifiers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Greatest of Nullifiers</a>, Liberty Chronicles Podcast Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 79: Compromising Compromisers, with Stephen Maizlish

Nicholas Mosvick joins us to detail the life of Fernando Wood and how he was the mayor of New York who wished the state would have seceded during the Civil War. Wood was best known for being an ideologue rather than a political agitator.Was Fernando Wood a Van Buren man or a Calhoun man? Did Fernando Wood represent a glorious American future? Was Wood sympathetic to the South?Further Reading:Fernando Wood: A Political Biography, written by Jerome MushkatMayor Wood’s Recommendation of the Secession of New York City, speech by Fernando WoodRelated Content:The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas, written by Brian DohertyTensions in Early American Political Thought, written by Joseph R. Stromberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicholas Mosvick joins us to detail the life of Fernando Wood and how he was the mayor of New York who wished the state would have seceded during the Civil War. Wood was best known for being an ideologue rather than a political agitator.Was Fernando Wood a Van Buren man or a Calhoun man? Did Fernando Wood represent a glorious American future? Was Wood sympathetic to the South?<h2>Further Reading:</h2><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fernando-Wood-Political-Jerome-Mushkat/dp/087338413X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fernando Wood: A Political Biography</a>, written by Jerome Mushkat<a href="http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/mayor-woods-recommendation-of-the-secession-of-new-york-city/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mayor Wood’s Recommendation of the Secession of New York City</a>, speech by Fernando Wood<h2>Related Content:</h2><a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/roots-modern-libertarian-ideas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas</a>, written by Brian Doherty<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/tensions-early-american-political-thought" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tensions in Early American Political Thought</a>, written by Joseph R. Stromberg Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 87: Profiles in Locodom: Fernando Wood

The Young Americans were New York’s next generation of artists, intellectuals, and activists, and reformers, many of whom were inspired by the Loco-Foco movement, which challenged Tammany Hall for supremacy in the Democratic Party from 1835 to 1837. Their philosophies generally came from the great classical liberals, radicals like Tom Paine and William Leggett, equal in stature to most Young Americans, and they shared a deep faith in America’s world historical destiny. A Young American might have been in either party, but their philosophy [00:03:00] was almost always some strain of Loco-Focoism.Further Reading:Comegna, “Art as Ideas: Thomas Cole’s The Course of Empire” and “The Artist as Exemplar: Thomas Cole’s The Voyage of Life”John L. O’Sullivan, “The Great Nation of Futurity”Tymn, Marshall, ed. Thomas Cole’s Poetry: The Collected Poems of America’s Foremost Painter of the Hudson River School Reflecting His Feelings for Nature and the Romantic Spirit of the Nineteenth Century. York, PA: Liberty Cap Books. 1972.Walt Whitman’s “Democratic Vistas”Widmer, Edward. Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999.Music by Kai Engel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Young Americans were New York’s next generation of artists, intellectuals, and activists, and reformers, many of whom were inspired by the Loco-Foco movement, which challenged Tammany Hall for supremacy in the Democratic Party from 1835 to 1837. Their philosophies generally came from the great classical liberals, radicals like Tom Paine and William Leggett, equal in stature to most Young Americans, and they shared a deep faith in America’s world historical destiny. A Young American might have been in either party, but their philosophy [00:03:00] was almost always some strain of Loco-Focoism.<h2>Further Reading:</h2>Comegna, “<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/art-ideas-thomas-coles-course-empire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art as Ideas: Thomas Cole’s The Course of Empire</a>” and “<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/artist-exemplar-thomas-coles-voyage-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Artist as Exemplar: Thomas Cole’s The Voyage of Life</a>”John L. O’Sullivan, “<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/media/classics-liberty/john-l-osullivan-great-nation-futurity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Nation of Futurity</a>”Tymn, Marshall, ed. Thomas Cole’s Poetry: The Collected Poems of America’s Foremost Painter of the Hudson River School Reflecting His Feelings for Nature and the Romantic Spirit of the Nineteenth Century. York, PA: Liberty Cap Books. 1972.Walt Whitman’s “<a href="https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/walt-whitmans-democratic-vistas-greatest-lessons-nature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Democratic Vistas</a>”Widmer, Edward. Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999.Music by Kai Engel Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 44: Make America Young Again

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