Outpost of Freedom

Library

The Outpost of Freedom Library is composed of books which may be of interest to the Constitutionalist. These books will come from my collection, and will be scanned and recognized, then posted to these pages.

The first entry in the Library is book titled "Elements of Government". It was written by Alex. L. Peterman, "late principal and professor of civil government in the Normal School of the Kentucky State College, and member of the Kentucky State Senate”. This book is included in the Library because it can give us an enormous amount of insight into the function of government, as it was in 1891, the year that the book was published. I we can understand what changes have occurred in government in the past 110 years, perhaps we can begin to perceive more what government was like 110 years before this book was published.

In 1904, an Essay was submitted to the Law Academy of Pennsylvania. The Essay was award the prize, and the author was asked to expound upon the subject matter. Once the revision was completed, it took the form of "An Essay on the Grand Jury in America."

In 1852, Lysander Spooner wrote an "Essay on Trial By Jury". The Essay gives insight into how the Founding Fathers perceived the right to a trial by a jury of "peers". Interestingly, the Essay demonstrates the purpose of Trial by Jury to be one of the six (Legislative, Executive, House of Representatives, Senate, Judicial, and, Trial) safeguards of our Liberties, and why it is absolutely necessary for the Trial to be included as a part of that process -- so as to assure us that the government can not become tyrannical or despotic.

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