John Taylor
Tyranny Unmasked: John Taylor’s Warning About Consolidation
John Taylor of Caroline’s Tyranny Unmasked explains in plain, but passionate language the dangers of centralized power, with a focus on government interference in commerce, along with taxation, parties and even so-called “national defence.” Written in 1822, it’s an...
Today in History: John Taylor of Caroline was Born
Today in history, on Dec. 19, 1753, John Taylor of Caroline was born. As a prominent promoter of Thomas Jefferson and his political philosophy, he was a significant but underappreciated member of the founding generation. Among other accomplishments, Taylor was a...
Think locally, act locally has major historical cred
Thomas Jefferson’s position on secession was complex. In the late 1790s and early 1800s, he thought it was probably an ill advised move, but by the end of his life Jefferson watched with fear as the nationalists had complete taken over the government and had...