If it be asked, "What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our society in a republic?" The answer would be, "An inviolable respect for the constitution and laws--the first growing out of the last. A scared respect for the constitutional law is the vital principal, the sustaining being the energy of a free government" (Alexander Hamilton, essay in "The American Daily Advertiser," August 28, 1794).In his book, the author hopes to guide...