The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of-print or on the verge of becoming lost. This book is one such reprint.

Fisher Ames was a leading New England Federalist and sublime critic of Jacobin Democracy and the French Revolution, active in public life from 1787 through 1807. His witty, often brilliant, letters, speeches, and essays offer a sustained defense of conservative principles and insight into the Federalist theory of government.