In one of the few instances of something beneficial coming along for those interested in figuring out what is happening the in US of A, some old books are being preserved by a few groups on the internet. These books are windows into the past and help explain the original system of law of the USA. The links to the sources of these books are provided here as well as this mirror site to obtain them. As time permits, these books will be reviewed.

History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States (1876) by William H. Barnes, A.M.

Available as a PDF file.

Also available as a text file which is searchable but has no page numbers from the original book.

A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and on the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the practice connected with it with a view of the law of Extradiction of Fugitives (1876) by Rollin Carlos Hurd with notes by Frank Hunt Hurd. I think the first edition was published just prior to the Civil War.

Did you know there was a card game going on? Did you know you were in it? Did you know you were loosing your life, liberty and property in this game? Did you know that your enemy has a handful of extremely powerful cards? Did you know that you have a handful of cards, too? Did you know that for every card your enemy has, you have a card which can trump it?

Habeas Corpus is one of the most fundamental tools in a Citizen's defense against oppressive government. You can't play the game if you don't know the rules. Hurd on Habeas Corpus describes the process, how it is supposed to work, how your enemy will attempt to foil you and what you can do to negate your enemy's ploy.

Mirror on this site This .pdf file cannot be searched but the online version at books.google.com can:

Original file on books.google.com

The Middle Period (1817 - 1858) by John William Burgess. The author's admitted purpose of this book is to document every detail of US history which led up to the Civil War. He has done a good job but a future review of his book will describe a few topics which have been treated lightly or omitted altogether. The lead-up to the Civil War was stretching the understanding of our Constitution and politicians took the People into uncharted territory where perhaps good intentions, foolishness and malice combined to produce nothing more than a social experiment gone wrong; but, the effects of Reconstruction continue to mature and every fear is being confirmed of intent to alter and abolish the Nation of our Forefathers. The Civil War period was a fork in the road for our Nation and this book is a terrific introduction to the issues leading up to it.

Mirror on this site

Original file on books.google.com