Archive for David Upham

American Compact: James Madison and the Problem of Founding

At the time of independence, virtually all Americans believed, with the authors of the Declaration of Independence, that government derives its “just powers from the consent of the governed.” Yet the principle of popular sovereignty does not indicate how a people can be organized so that they may exercise their right to establish new government. [...]

1Sep2000 | | 0 comments | Continued

Hamilton’s Republic: Readings in the American Democratic Nationalist Tradition

David Upham is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Dallas. In this anthology, Michael Lind has compiled excerpts from speeches and writings by important American statesmen and intellectuals that are illustrative of what Lind calls the Hamiltonian or “Democratic Nationalist Tradition.” Included among the Democratic Nationalists are such figures as Alexander [...]

1Nov1998 | | 1 comment | Continued

The Primacy of Property Rights and the American Founding

David Upham is a doctoral candidate in politics at the University of Dallas. This article is adapted from the essay that won first prize in the 1997 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship program of the Independent Institute, Oakland, Calif. Progressives in the twentieth century have in large part aimed at turning the American people away from [...]

1Feb1998 | | 0 comments | Continued

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