The Palmer Raids Biggest Raid
Americans woke up to discover just how little their own government regarded the cherished Bill of Rights. During the night, some 4,000 of their fellow …
Bill of Rights
John Quincy Adams Became President in a Bitterly Contested U.S. Election and Must be Resolved by the House of Representatives
This was the first election decided by the House of Representatives after the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, which had been ratified in the wake …
The Senate Voted to Pass this 13th Amendment by a Vote of 26 to 1
This is Part 2. For the full story visit The Millenial Report: The True Backstory of the Missing 13th Amendment In 1789, the House of …
Bill of Rights is finally ratified
Following ratification by the state of Virginia, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land. …
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: America’s First Federal Thanksgiving
On October 3rd, 1789, following a resolution of Congress, President George Washington proclaimed Thursday the 26th of November 1789 a day of “public thanksgiving and …
The Bill of Rights was Passed by Congress to Protect the Civil Liberties of American Citizens and Prevent the Government from Abusing Power
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for …
James Madison’s Speech to the First Congress Proposing Twenty Amendments to the United States Constitution
In this James Madison speech to the First Congress, Madison proposes twenty amendments to the United States Constitution. The Constitution’s acceptance by the people of …
Madison’s Proposal for the Bill of Rights
Newly-elected Congressman James Madison arrived at New York in March of 1789 with a double burden. In addition to his official responsibilities, he carried a …
James Madison: “The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established…”
INITIAL FIRST AMENDMENT PROPOSALS OF JAMES MADISON, JUNE 8, 1789: “The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, …
Alexander Hamilton: The sacred rights of mankind…are written, as with a sun beam… by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”
When Loyalist writings began to appear in New York newspapers in 1775, nineteen-year-old Hamilton responded with an essay defending the colonists’ right of revolution. Still …