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solution to tlic problems of macro political order and that hernwould ha’c been an Antifederalist in 1787.rnEvcrv worthwhile theory of the ideal state contains a storyrnabout how it will collapse. Hume fixes on two distempers inrnmodern politics which, if not checked, will subvert the libertyrnof the extended republic. One is ideological fanaticism, andrnthe other is...

concentrated their forces in Boston, leaving royal authority torncollapse elsewhere with scarcely a struggle: the loyalists werernundermined by this foolish policy. However, in 1776, thernBritish sent a major army to crush the revolution and thusrnbegan a second stage that was more widespread, bitter, and sustainedrnthan had at first seemed likely. This was equivalent tornthe British...

er and then defending it from domestic and external forces.rnHowever, there were major contrasts between the two revolutions.rnAlthough the Americans and their militia could bernquite harsh in their dealings with Loyalists, their treatment wasrnless savage than that meted out to Royalists in France: in Americarnthe tumbrels never rolled. American society was less mobilizedrnfor war than...

A Free-Minded ScotrnDouglas Young Rememberedrnby E. Christian KopffrnDouglas Young was a tall man, six feet six inclies; with hisrnl:)earcl he looked like a Calvinist Jehovah. At St. Andrews,rnhe acquired the nickname “God” by eavesdropping on a politicalrndiscussion about the Balkans. (In the 1930’s, the Balkansrnwere full of angry ethnic factions, fighting and killing one another.)rnThe...

cheating, because no one could do it. The scholar Fraenkelrnmost admired at Oxford was Sir John Beasley, the founder ofrnthe scholarly study of Greek vase painting, who blandly assuredrnFraenkel that it could be done. “You see, I did it.” (As an undergraduate,rnBeasley had composed a famous parody in IonicrnGreek of Herodotus’s visit to England, “Herodotus...

is principally due to the obvious fact that the Scots are notrnfighting for any Scottish cause; we do not enjoy national independence,rnnor is the liberty of Scotland among the war-aims orrnpeace-projects of the British and allied governments. . . . Nornintelligent Scot, of any age or sex, has any confidence in thernBritish government; of the...

to every American and Australian. . . . It was not enough for arnsheriff or other judge to take refuge behind an Act of the WestminsterrnParhament if that Parhament itself had its powers restrictedrnby an Act of two Parliaments, namely the terms ofrnunion, an international treaty, between Scotland and England.rnThe English have been accustoming themselves...

diverm vagantes. He was popular with students and faculty andrnstarted writing one section of a major international coininentarvrnon Homer’s Odyssey. On October 24, 1973, he was foundrndead at his desk, with a copy of Homer open in front of him.rnHe was a constitutionalist, a federalist, and a nationalist in anrnage of power politics, imperialism, and...

OPINIONSrnCulture Politicsrnby Marshall L. DeRosarn’The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope forrnor their foes fear.”rn—T.H. HuxleyrnThe Southern Tradition:rnThe Achievement and Limitationsrnof an American Conservatismrnby Eugene D. GenovesernCambridge: Harvard University Press;rn138 pp., $22.50rnThe Southern Front: Historyrnand Pohtics in the Cultural Warrnby Eugene D. GenovesernColumbia: University of Missouri Press;rn320 pp., $29.95rnIn...

missed with indifference, not to say contempt.”rnAt this point, a few qualifications arernin order. First, Genovese shouldrnnot be dismissed as a defeated Marxistrnlooking for new weapons of destructionrnto use against capitalism. Genovese’srnanalysis is much too profound for suchrnsimplistic reductionism. Second, hisrnanalyses of what ails higher education,rnrace relations, denominational religion,rnand otlier elements of American culturernarc first-rate...

“legislation to curb the moral degeneracyrnof our times” and the “need for measuredrnrepression.” However, he fails tornarticulate the source of such legislationrnand repression. lie discusses the blackrncommunity’s reasonable demand for politicalrnautonomy, so that “they wouldrnhave the power to deal with antisocials inrntheir own way.” But liow is this demandrnby a minority to be self-governing, howeverrnmeasured,...

work of scholarship. The “definitive”rnversions of the tales—meaning Doyle’srnhandwritten manuscripts before copyrneditors blue-penciled them, as Americanrneditors were fond of doing because ofrnDoyle’s “blasphemous” use of suchrnwords as “Hell” and “Devil”—have beenrnfaithfully reproduced whenever possiblernand are accompanied by exhaustive, butrnnever exhausting, annotations, hi addition,rnDoyle and his team have collectedrnan array of rare documents, letters, andrnarticles not...

Two English Poems of Douglas YoungrnFor the Old HighlandsrnThat old lonely lovely way of livingrnin Highland places,—twenty years a-growing,rntwenty years flowering, twenty years declining,—rnfather to son, mother to daughter givingrnripe tradition; peaceful bounty flowing;rnone harmony all tones of life combining,—rnold wise ways, passed like the dust blowing.rnThat harmony of folk and land is shattered,—rnthe early...

about Poe before, in his American Hieroglyphicsrn(1980), as well as about Faulknerrnin Doubling and Incest/Repetition andrnRevenge (1981). In a superficial sense,rnhis Mystery to a Solution has a smallerrntopic than he has heretofore attacked,rnbut his treatment of Borges and Poe is sornwide-ranging in its references and so unrelentingrnin its unfolding of logical, psychological,rnand linguistic enigmas that...

tionships proved mutually beneficial,rnthe elder men finding a second youthrnthrough the energetic young Byrnes, andrnByrnes in exchange receiving the benefitsrnof their power.rnAlthough Robertson makes a claimrnthroughout the book for Byrncs’s “conservatism,”rnthis disposition seems tornhave been largely temperamental, andrnByrnes for the most part did not let it interferernwith his pragmatism or ambition.rnWhat really seems the motivating...

CORRESPONDENCErnLetter From Alabamarnby Jeffrey TuckerrnThe Truly Dangerous SnakesrnSomeone must have put a snake on arnfence, because it’s raining for the firstrntime in weeks. ]cxx the Barber knowsrnwhat causes weatlier changes, and if yournare fortunate enough to count yourselfrnamong his clientele, he’ll explain it. Forrnexample, Jerry knows a woman in Waver-rnIv, Alabama, who can break a...

VITAL SIGNSrnCOMMUNITYrnCaledonians of thernHeartlandrnby G. Douglas NicoIIrnCelebrating St. Andrew’s Dayrn(November 30) is not uncommonrnamong Scots, especially in the Englishspeakingrnworld, but the widespreadrncommemoration of the birthday of thernpoet Robert Burns (January 25), even byrnnon-Seots or “Scots for a day,” sets thisrnnational group apart from all otliers. Nornother national heritage rests so heavilyrnon the memory of a...

marksmanship, etc.rnThe club’s halcvon years were shorthvcd.rnBy the late 1880’s membershiprnhad dwindled, and the summer picnicsrnwere no longer needed as other forms ofrnentertainment emerged. The club couldrnnot afford rented meeting rooms andrngave its books to the public library. Yet, itrnrallied for funerals of its members, sometimesrnraising funds for their widows. Itrnpurchased four cemctcrv plots and...

curacies probably would go unnoticed byrnmost viewers: for example, the fact thatrnWallace’s (and de Moray’s) great victoryrnat Stirling Bridge was fought in thernmarshes of the river Forth beneath Stirlingrncastle rather than on an open field.rnIn addition, it is difficult for Hollywoodrnactors to give convincing performancesrnas late medieval Scots; they are simplyrnnot tough enough. Otherwise, Braveheartrnis...

of Selkirk Forest.rnBy then Wallace had beeome thern”king’s enemv ” and would be offered nornpardon. Stirling Bridge had stung Edward’srnpride, and he was determined tornhave his way with the upstart Scotsman.rnAccording to his biographers, Wallacerncould have come into the king’s peace afterrnFalkirk; however, he refused to forsakernthe struggle for Scotland’s independence.rnIn 1304 his allies—Comyn, bishopsrnWishart...

his body is desecrated: hanged, racked,rndrawn, beheaded, and quartered as arnwarning to all traitors. Tecumseh, too, isrnslain, but his body (like that of CrazyrnHorse of the Lakota) is spirited away tornavert the sickening fate that befell SittingrnBull’s corpse. The martyred spirit ofrnWallace is reborn in Robert the Bruce,rnwhile Teeumseh’s waits like FrederickrnBarbarossa, sleeping king of...

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, Ji.rnThe View From Mount NebornLast summer this expansive sagebrushrnbasin at the lower end of the WyomingrnRange made the annual encampment ofrnthe Rainbow Family of Living Light,rnspawn of a eongestive eivilization. Fifteenrnthousand strong, they organizedrnaccording to their various pursuits: drinking,rndrugs, nuditv, fornication, and—rnfor all the Lincoln County Sheriff’srnDepartment knows—cannibalism andrnhuman sacrifice....

ing horse flies with their tails until Irnsprayed them down with a strong repellent.rnThe gelding carried the big pack,rnthe bedroll tied into the saddle stringsrnahead of the pommel, and myself; thernmare had only the water canteens andrnthe day pack with the medical kit overrnthe horn. Wc rode out half an hour laterrnat a slow trot,...

^ e ^ h n ^^dolph (^iubrn”Liberty, Property, and States’Rights”rnAnnual Meeting, November 17-19,1995rnSan Mateo, Californiarn”RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS” UNITE!rnY ou have nothing to lose but your chains, your taxes, and your foes. Join thernsixth annual meeting of the John Randolph Club as we discuss our lost libertiesrnand property, their bulwark, states’ rights, and how we can tum...

NATIONAL STANDARDSrnorrnNATIONAL DISASTERrnThe National Standards for TeachingrnHistory have been heavily criticized inrnthe media for being biasal and “politicallyrncomect.” But the Committee onrnStandards has continued to aggressivelyrnpromote the Standards among educators.rnShould schools adopt the Standards?rnShould we allow the Clinton Administrationrnand the educational establishmentrnto politicize the education ofrnstudents?rnThis special issue of Continuity is entirelyrndedicated to these questions...

EDITORrnThomas FlemingrnMANAGING EDITORrnTheodore PappasrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, ]r.rnEDITORIAL ASSISTANTrnMichael WashburnrnART DIREGTORrnAnna Mycek-WodeckirnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnHarold O.J. Brown, Katherine Dalton,rnSamuel Francis, George Carrett,rnE. Christian Kopff. Clyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnBill Kauffman, Jacob Neusner,rnJohn Shelton Reed, Momcilo SelicrnEDITORIAL SECRETARYrnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnAllan C. CarlsonrnPUBLICAITON DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnPRODUCTION SECRETARYrnAnita CandyrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnRochelle FrankrnA publication of The Rockford Institute,rnEditorial and Advertising Offices:rn934 North Main Street. Rockford....

testimonies from Jasenovac comernlargely from the Jewish survivors whornwere spared as valuable professionalsrnand craftsmen. Between 500,000 andrn600,000 Jasenovac Serb inmates did notrnhave such luck.rnAlso, Cardinal Stepinac has beenrnrecorded by Nazi newsreels as the prelaternwho blessed the Ustase troops (dressed inrntheir best SS-type uniforms), and he isrnon record as the man of God who sawrnno reason...

an ordinary Serb’s emotional relationshiprnto his, so far, twice genoeidal neighbors.rnWe do not want a single piece ofrnCroatia, but neither will we give a singlernpiece of “Serbland” (i.e., the Kraina,rnwhere Serbs have lived since day onernand—as a predominant majorit’—sincernthe 15thcentur).rnSo, the “issues” arc straightforward—rnon one side are the Serbs—vigilantes,rnoutlaws, and pariahs of the ‘internationalrnCommunity,” with...

NAFTA’s side agreements make thisrnpossible. They forbid regulatory policyrnfrom giving an “unfair” eeonomic advantage.rnThis leads to “upward harmonization”:rnMexico’s economy has becomernstrictly regulated while the United Statesrncannot deregulate. Congress, for example,rnenacted a moratorium on expansionsrnof the Endangered Species Act.rnBut green groups in the United Statesrnand Mexico have appealed to NAFTA’srnCommission for En’ironmcntal Cooperationrnto stop it.rnIf this...

Principalities & Powersrnby Samuel FrancisrnWhere the Buck Really Stopsrn”The question is,” Humpty Dumptyrntells Alice in Through the Looking Glass,rn”which is to be master—that’s all.” Asrnoverused as the quotation may be, it neverthelessrncommunicates a perennialrntruth that most people forget when itrncomes to understanding not only the answerrnbut also the question itself, a truthrnthat explains much of...

common market within its boundaries,rnto enforee a uniform systemrnof justice, and to extend citizenshiprnboth to pett proprietors andrnto rich merchants, ahke excludedrnfrom power under the old regime.rnThe middle class understandabKrnbecame the most patriotic, not tornsay jingoistic and militaristic, elementrnin society. . . . Whatever itsrnfaults, middle-class nationalismrnpro ided a common ground, commonrnstandards, a common framernof...

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because the UK is the remnant of the old empire. It is, as onernConscr-atie journalist suggested to me, “the empire of thernEnglish ocr the Celts,” by which he meant the Scots, thernWelsh, and the hish. This fact—so rarclv nrentioned in Englandrn—turns British politics upside down: it explains, for example,rnwhv Scots nationalists are warmK attached to...

more than willing to listen to other points of view—a good listenerrnand an even better questioner. There is something almostrnNorth American in his frankness, and I was not surprisedrnto learn that he admired Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich.rnLike so many American conservatives, Mr. Cash is interested inrnquestions of money, and his opposition to a single...

unifying the party.rn”A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.” Disraeli’srndefinition was directed originally against Sir RobertrnPeel’s repeal of the Corn Laws. A few weeks earlier he had remarkedrnthat Peel had “caught the Whigs bathing, and walkedrnaway with their clothes,” meaning that Sir Robert was determinedrnto hold power at the expense of his party’s principles,rnjust as...

that of the anti-Corn Law crusaders.rnWhen Bill Clinton entered the White House in 1993, hernhad the opportunit’ to change policy directions. Instead, hernmade the fateful decision to submit the NAFTA scheme forrncongressional approval. When grass-roots opposition emerged,rnthe usually indecisive Clinton plunged onward. To sell NAFTA,rnhe opened the federal purse and indulged in presidentialrnvote-buving on a...

jobs, have stagnated since 1980. Indeed, in sectors exposed torninternational trade, business analyst Charles McMillion observesrnthat the United States has generated no jobs net in thernlast 20 years. Pay has also stagnated, and real weekly earnings inrnmanufacturing and services have declined.rnThis trend has been apparent since the Kennedy Round ofrnGATT negotiations effectively removed tariffs as...

The Surrender of Political andrnMilitary Sovereigntyrnby William R. HawkinsrnSovereignty is a people’s ability to govern its internal affairsrnand protect its independenec against outside interferenee.rnMilitary power has always been the most obvious pillar ofrnsoereigntv. Clausewitz’ dictum that the object of war is “torncompel your opponent to do your will” means that the victorrnsubstitutes his sovereignty for...

a single liody.” His is one of the first modern calls for what hasrnbecome a centerpiece in liberal thought: some form of woridrngovernment that would eliminate the independence of nationstatesrnand enforce global harmony.rnhi addition to world government, there are two other constantrnelements in all reform plans: military disarmament andrnfree trade (meaning economic disarmament). Both of...

Alliances are part of the old system of power politics rejectedrnb transnationalists. In Bosnia, for example, when NATO niilitar-rncapabilities were needed, it was imperative to give the U.N.rna eto over their use. The Bosnian experience indicates that therndiplomatic cover provided by the UN. comes at a high price. Itrnconfirmed the old adage that “councils of...

an War and the average deployment oer the course of the VietnamrnWar. It has thus become tlie standard for a “regional conflict.”rnBy the end of 1995, the United States \’ill only have tenrnArmy divisions, five Marine brigades, 11 aircraft carriers, and 13rntactical wings on active dutv. This is barely enough to fight onernregional conflict, let...

tagc of terror… filled his head: the walking dead of Ausehwitz,rnBelsen,” ete., ete. Never mind that this right-wing rally thatrnBond witnessed had yet to seize power, had shown no sign ofrnorganizing a eoup, had built no camps and exterminated nornone—never mind, in other words, that this gathering had thusrnfar eommitted no crime. For Ciardner’s and...

Congress may pass tliat overturn the activity currently bannedrnin your state. It was exactly this end-around the democraticrnprocess that child labor law activists and civil rights workers reliedrnon to fight against state laws they opposed eariier this century,rnand it is U.N. treaties and the acronymic “trade” pacts onrnwhich open-border activists rely today for the supposed...