I know nothing about them. Mises media only has a short chapter by rothbard. Whats some good media on them?
Rethinking the Articles of Confederation
Mises Daily: Friday, August 08, 2003 by H.A. Scott Trask
http://mises.org/daily/1296
Secession, State, & Liberty edited by David Gordon
http://mises.org/books/secession_state_liberty.pdf
Articles of Confederation, 29, 54,116,119,160,162-63,176 Article XllI, 162
- as league of friendship, 8,115
- formed by sovereign states, 10
- secession and, 25, 35, 162
- state sovereignty and, 118, 162
- text of, 291-98
From the index of Conceived in Liberty 4th Volume:
http://mises.org/books/conceived4.pdf
Articles of Confederation, 244, 246, 247, 249, 253-56, 369, 371, 372, 389, 392, 395, 396, 398, 401, 407, 409, 413, 414, 415, 448,449; Article Two, 253,254; Article Twelve, 255
Rothbard’s primary source for the above (he does take issue with at least one of the author’s interpretations [p254 CiL v4]):
Mérrill Jensen, The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional
History of the American Revolution, 1774-1781. (Madison, Wise: University of Wisconsin
Press, 1962 http://www.worldcat.org/title/articles-of-confederation-an-interpretation-of-the-social-constitutional-history-of-the-american-revolution-1774-1781/oclc/8713552
To take advantage of this thread: What about some analysis of the Constitution of the CSA?
And if they were Confederate States, why didn’t they have Articles of Confederation instead?
Off the top of my head, the big changes for the CSA was the line item veto, the requirement for bills to pertain to only one subject (i.e. no “pork”), and the allowing of only 1 term for presidential office.
And there’s the slavery thing but everyone knows about that.
It was basically the same as the Union’s. The Civil War was ultimately a power struggle, not some bout over ideology.
I’d say it was a power struggle over ideology. The South was trying to take its own power back by seceding. The North was trying to keep more power by preserving the Union.
Thanks for those links. I was wondering if there were any lectures or podcasts I could listen to…? 