A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature Character of Our Federal Government. Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. By a Virginian

The political philosophy that would later guide the Confederacy. Originally published: Petersburg: Printed by Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin 1840. iv132 pp. This work is a classic statement of the political principles that would later guide the leaders of the Confederacy. It was such a fine exposition in fact that it was reprinted in 1863 by Northern Democrats as a guide to the political philosophy of the Confederacy. <br><br> ABEL PARKER UPSHUR [1791-1844] a Virginia judge politician and spokesman for states-rights and pro-slavery southern conservative ideology served as secretary of the navy and secretary of state under President Tyler.