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Table Annexed To Article: Surveying The 831 Unique Words In The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Surveying The 831 Unique Words In The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Of the 831 unique words in the Philadelphia Constitution, what were the most frequently used words? The least? OCL lists all unique words in rank order with and without frequencies, accounting for the word total of 4,321 words in the Philadelphia Constitution.
The Colony-Making Power Of Congress Priced In The Purchase Of Alaska, Peter Aschenbrenner
The Colony-Making Power Of Congress Priced In The Purchase Of Alaska, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure, Our Constitutional Logic paraphrases the immediate cause of the Civil War, with citation to Dred Scott’s case at 60 U.S. 393, 446 (1857). That, however, is not the only defect in the purchase of Alaska from the Czar of the Russias. Our Constitutional Logic investigates the non-Euclidean geometry pertinent to the treaty’s boundaries such as they might appear on the sphere near you.
Madison's Redans, Ravelins And Bastions: A Short History Of The War Of 1812, Peter Aschenbrenner
Madison's Redans, Ravelins And Bastions: A Short History Of The War Of 1812, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The employment of earthworks and breastworks in defense of dense communities is considered in light of the advice of Baron Henri de Jomini which the Secretary of Defense transmitted before Madison appointed. Because the Secretary failed to follow the Baron’s advice – which the Secretary had transmitted into print culture as Hints to Young Generals – Madison sacked him after the battle of Bladensburg.
James Madison’S Federalist No. 10 Considered In A Very Large State, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
James Madison’S Federalist No. 10 Considered In A Very Large State, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter Onuf’s essay in All Over the Map: The Origins of American Sectionalism measures the cost of diversity in constituencies: eventually geography tears a nation apart or supplies the preconditions for its destruction. James Madison’s Federalist No. 10 argues that large republics are possible, a thesis (obliquely) opposed to Onuf’s. Our Constitutional Logic investigates.
Table Annexed To Article: Resources Available To Constitution Drafters, Current To 1787, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Resources Available To Constitution Drafters, Current To 1787, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
By the time that the text-writers turned to the final push to craft Constitution I they had, as resource, sixteen different proposals for a national organization representing states as constituents and twelve ratified state constitutions. By the time the federal convention opened for the business of crafting Constitution II, another five state constitutions had been adopted (with another four failed constitutions in circulation), for a grand total of seventeen constitutions on top of the previous 16 proposals, and, of course, one fully adopted and tested national form of organization, Constitution I, the Articles of Confederation.
Table Annexed To Article: A Survey Of The Federal Convention's Note-Takers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: A Survey Of The Federal Convention's Note-Takers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Eleven of the fifty-five delegates that attended the Federal Convention took notes during the proceedings. These notes, along with Jackson’s official journal and available committee drafts, are assembled in Farrand’s Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. The best known are Major Wm. Jackson and James Madison, the convention’s official Secretary and its unofficial note-taker, respectively. The efforts of all twelve note-takers are surveyed by output.
The Significance Of As 8.08.207 And Marshall’S Mcculloch, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Significance Of As 8.08.207 And Marshall’S Mcculloch, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
To become a lawyer in Alaska study at an accredited law school is rendered (potentially) avoidable if a student can study the branches of the law as prescribed by the course of study adopted by the University of Alaska, by which paraphrase Our Constitutional Logic cites the reader to AS 8.08.207(c).
Table Annexed To Article: Slave_Owner Attendance In Twenty-Five Votes On Article Ii, Section 1 Based On Updated Attendance Table, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Slave_Owner Attendance In Twenty-Five Votes On Article Ii, Section 1 Based On Updated Attendance Table, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic tables the attendance of Slave_Owner delegates in the twenty-five votes on Article II, Section 1 at the Philadelphia convention on August 24 and September 5 and 6, 1787; the information is drawn from Detailed Attendance Table Updating the Table Appearing in Farrand’s Records of the Federal Convention, May 25, 1787-September 17, 1787, 2 OCL 100, in which OCL updated the attendance data which was last surveyed in Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Vol. 3: 586-590.
Table Annexed To Article: Farrand's Volume Three Consisting Of Reports On The Federal Convention (1911, Rev. 1937) In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Farrand's Volume Three Consisting Of Reports On The Federal Convention (1911, Rev. 1937) In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic presents machine searchable text of volume 3 of Max Farrand’s 1937 (revised edition) of his Records of the Federal Convention. This is the most important experiment in assembling meta-text in the Twentieth Century. OCL’s MR format enables machine searching. The word count returns 226,481. The Federalist essays count 189,728 words.
The Significance Of As 8.08.207 And Marshall's Mcculloch, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Significance Of As 8.08.207 And Marshall's Mcculloch, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Madison’s Federalist No. 10 theorized that size wasn’t an issue when it came to constructing a large republic. Our Constitutional Logic investigates events as they devolved upon the admission of Alaska to the Union on January 3, 1959.
As 24.25.065, A Statute Devolved From Aristotle's Rhetoric, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
As 24.25.065, A Statute Devolved From Aristotle's Rhetoric, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The legislative council shall annually examine, AS 24.20.065(a) provides in paraphrase, published opinions of state courts that rely on state statutes if the opinions indicate unclear or ambiguous statutes. Our Constitutional Logic examines the collaboration theory of lawmakers, on the codelaw and caselaw side of the ledger.
Table Annexed To Article: Sources Supplied In Support Of "Managing Military Talent And Tactics In Defense Of A National Capital: Madison's 'Lessons Learned' From Napoleon's Capture Of Moscow", Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Sources Supplied In Support Of "Managing Military Talent And Tactics In Defense Of A National Capital: Madison's 'Lessons Learned' From Napoleon's Capture Of Moscow", Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic, in line with its usual practice of enabling access to resources, has posted (in MR text format) the eight most important texts which support or shed light on the points made in the main article, titled above, which will be posted separately. A preliminary version will be read to a panel of the Society for the Historians of the Early American Republic at its Philadelphia conference in July, 2014. The table directs the reader to the URLs for each of the eight texts, including unpublished letters of Adm. Alexander Cochrane. The table includes other materials such as …
Table Annexed To Article: Luther Martin's Genuine Information In Mr Text Format (1787), Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Luther Martin's Genuine Information In Mr Text Format (1787), Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
In his address to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 1787, supplemented by public correspondence Martin attacked the proposed federal government, thereafter continuing his fight into the Maryland ratification convention. His Genuine Information, Delivered To The Legislature Of The State Of Maryland, Relative To The Proceedings Of The General Convention, Held At Philadelphia, In 1787, By Luther Martin, Esq., Attorney-General Of Maryland, And One Of The Delegates In The Said Convention, consists of 28,899 words. Our Constitutional Logic publishes a machine readable / machine searchable text which includes the (often omitted) preamble.
Table Annexed To Article: Surveying ‘Enumeration’ And ‘Limited’ In Farrand’S Records Volume Three And The Federalist Essays, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Surveying ‘Enumeration’ And ‘Limited’ In Farrand’S Records Volume Three And The Federalist Essays, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic surveyed word counts for ‘enumeration’ and ‘limited’ in the Records of the Federal Convention, volume 3, edited by Max Farrand and in the 85 essays of The Federalist. Results are tabled.
Table Annexed To Article: 'Compromise' Surveyed In Farrand's Records Volumes One And Two And In The Federalist Essays, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: 'Compromise' Surveyed In Farrand's Records Volumes One And Two And In The Federalist Essays, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic surveys all uses of the word ‘compromise’ in Farrand’s Records of the Federal Convention, Volumes One and Two, and in The Federalist Essays. Table 190_1A lists all uses (34) in Farrand’s Records, while Table 190_1B lists those (9) in The Federalist. The speaker or writer is tabled, along with the date. A concordance-style swipe of the words that supply the semantic context appears.
Table Annexed To Article: Hamilton And Madison Deploy ‘Constitution’ In Four Intervals From 1787 Through 1836: Semantic Values Surveyed Through Quotations, 2 Ocl 610, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Hamilton And Madison Deploy ‘Constitution’ In Four Intervals From 1787 Through 1836: Semantic Values Surveyed Through Quotations, 2 Ocl 610, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The semantic values of ‘constitution’ and ‘constitutional’ are spread through a five way-grid beginning with The Federalist essays of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. In the second tranche, their writings and speeches – now as opponents – in the bank bill debate (1791) are examined and contrasted with their debate over Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation (1793); in the third tranche, Hamilton’s public letters (from his retirement as Secretary of the Treasury to his death in 1804) are surveyed; the fourth consists of Madison’s works included in Farrand’s volume 3 (Records of the Federal Convention).
Table Annexed To Article: R Output In Support Of Describing Delegate Behavior At Philadelphia: Predicting Recorded Voting Outcomes From Caucus Cohesion And Textual …, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: R Output In Support Of Describing Delegate Behavior At Philadelphia: Predicting Recorded Voting Outcomes From Caucus Cohesion And Textual …, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Using the open-source program R, Our Constitutional Logic has computed the regression statistics based upon the data set forth in Table DD in the essay Describing Delegate Behavior at Philadelphia: Predicting Recorded Voting Outcomes from Caucus Cohesion and Textual Preferences [the table is read into R as ‘history’] for the two explanatory variables – history$Vote_t_1 (which is squared) and the factor history$fStrongWeak – to predict the outcomes of the variable Probability. In a second table the non_Slave_Owning delegates’ voting behavior is likewise computed. The test statistics returned include the p-value in the critical region for the Slave_Owners at p-value: 0.002097 …
Ages Of The Delegates At The Federal Convention: Early Birds And Worms?, Peter Aschenbrenner
Ages Of The Delegates At The Federal Convention: Early Birds And Worms?, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Of the fifty-five delegates who attended the federal convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the median in age was Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut, thirty-two years old. The delegate with the median remaining life span was Jacob Broom of Delaware (thirty-three years). The early arrivers were neither older nor younger than the others. Nor were they marked down for a shorter or longer remaining lifespan.
Initial Federal Offices Created/Contemplated By The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter Aschenbrenner
Initial Federal Offices Created/Contemplated By The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Whether commands, permission, or prohibitions are trafficked, this three-way division credited to Jeremy Bentham, spatial logic dictates that for every office there must be, sooner or later, an office holder. The one hundred and seven offices created or contemplated by the Philadelphia Constitution are surveyed.
Table Annexed To Article: Unique Words In Constitutions I And Ii Surveyed, Peter Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Unique Words In Constitutions I And Ii Surveyed, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Constitution I and Constitution II are surveyed with all words treated as appearing only once; that is, appearing uniquely. The texture of the two constitutions is presented with comparative lists of the 775 unique words of Constitution I with the 831 unique words of Constitution II; the 406 unique words of Constitution II which appear in Constitution I are calendared.
Unique Words In Constitutions I And Ii Surveyed, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Unique Words In Constitutions I And Ii Surveyed, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Constitution I and Constitution II are surveyed with all words treated as appearing only once; that is, appearing uniquely. The texture of the two constitutions is presented with comparative lists of the 775 unique words of Constitution I with the 831 unique words of Constitution II; the 406 unique words of Constitution II which appear in Constitution I are calendared.
Table Annexed To Article: Comparing American Constitutions I And Ii: Topics Treated In Constitution I With Similar Topics Followed Into Constitution Ii, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Comparing American Constitutions I And Ii: Topics Treated In Constitution I With Similar Topics Followed Into Constitution Ii, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
OCL explores, topic by topic, the treatment by text-writers in Constitution II of similar text crafted in Constitution I. Results are surveyed, topic by topic.
Comparing American Constitutions I And Ii: Topics Treated In Constitution Ii Compared To Similar Topics In Constitution I, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Comparing American Constitutions I And Ii: Topics Treated In Constitution Ii Compared To Similar Topics In Constitution I, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
OCL explores, topic by topic, the origins of Constitution II, in its appearance as the Early Constitution. Its 5,224 words are surely in debt to the 3,453 words of Constitution I. But by how much? The results are surveyed in the table annexed hereto.
Our Constitutional Kinesis: Words That Can Go Like A Machine, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Kinesis: Words That Can Go Like A Machine, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Constitution II, the Philadelphia constitution (1787), inspired many ‘machine/ry’ references. OCL catalogs, with the help of acknowledged secondary sources, a working list of metaphors which were deployed to credit and discredit our second constitution.
Table Annexed To Article: Initial Federal Offices Created / Contemplated By The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Initial Federal Offices Created / Contemplated By The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Compared to the Articles of Confederation the Philadelphia Constitution, consisting of 4,321 words, was relatively dense, if only taken in its count of titles and offices. The 107 offices created or contemplated by the Philadelphia Constitution are surveyed and the significance of the number of intersections is addressed.
The Reannexation Of Alaska, By Russia, Reconsidered, Peter Aschenbrenner
The Reannexation Of Alaska, By Russia, Reconsidered, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Each house district shall be formed of contiguous and compact territory containing as nearly as practicable a relatively integrated socio-economic area, in paraphrase, the Alaska Constitution (Article VI) enjoins. However, when the current potentate of all that is Russia considers reannexation of all that is Alaska, the results must be calendared accordingly to their respective merits.
Table Annexed To Article: The Early Constitution In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: The Early Constitution In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic supplies text of important constitutional documents in MR (machine readable aka machine searchable) text format; these presentations follow strict guidelines as to punctuation and orthography. The 5,224 words of the Early Constitution are tabled. See also A Compendium of American Constitutions: Counting Constitutions and Constitutional Text in the Early American Republic, 2 OCL 378.
Table Annexed To Article: The Philadelphia Constitution In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: The Philadelphia Constitution In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic supplies text of important constitutional documents in MR (machine readable aka machine searchable) text format; these presentations follow strict guidelines as to punctuation and orthography. The 4,321 words of the Philadelphia Constitution are tabled, with the ‘In Witness Whereof’ excluded, but the Preamble included. See also A Compendium of American Constitutions: Counting Constitutions and Constitutional Text in the Early American Republic, 2 OCL 378.
Table Annexed To Article: The Articles Of Confederation In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: The Articles Of Confederation In Mr Text Format, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Our Constitutional Logic supplies text of important constitutional documents in MR (machine readable aka machine searchable) text format and CTU (Constitutional Text Unit) format; these presentations follow strict guidelines. The 3,453 words of the Articles of Confederation are tabled, with the ‘In Witness Whereof’ excluded, but the Preamble included. MR Text is presented here
Table Annexed To Article: Madison's Apology For The Fall Of Washington In Mr Text, Peter Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Madison's Apology For The Fall Of Washington In Mr Text, Peter Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
As for his explanation for his failed leadership in support of regular and militia forces at Bladensburg, Madison held his fire during his lifetime; posthumous publication of important and highly nuanced writings – amounting to his apology to the nation for his failures – were finally acquired by Congress and published in 1865 (the Lippincott edition). Of four groupings of documents his Memorandum, dated August 24, 1814 and his Memorandum, referencing August 29, 1814, both written long afterwards are presented in MR text format by Our Constitutional Logic.