Source: “To James Madison from James Monroe, 23 May 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0231. We all look with great anxiety to the result of the Convention at Philadelphia. Indeed it seems
“George Mason to Arthur Lee,” May 21, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. I
Lee, Richard Henry. “Richard Henry Lee to George Mason.” Essay. In The Founders’ Constitution 1, edited by Philip B. Kurland and William R. Kenan, Jr., 170. University of Chicago Press, 1987. https://archive.org/details/foundersconstitu0000phil/page/170/mode/1up. It has
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 May 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0229. …Monday last was the day for the meeting of the Convention. The number as yet assembled is but small. Among
To the Massachusetts Convention. Gentlemen, As it is essentially necessary to the happiness of a free people, that the constitution of government should be established in principles of truth, I
(Concluded from our last.) The Massachusetts Convention. Gentlemen, This appears to be the universal effect of such establishments. A point of such magnitude ought, then, to be particularly guarded. In
(Concluded from our last.) To the Massachusetts Convention. Gentlemen, To tell us that we ought to look beyond local interests, and judge for the good of the empire, is sapping
I return my thanks for the copy of your late very powerful Speech in the Senate of the United S. It crushes “nullification” and must hasten the abandonment of “Secession.”
“James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 23 December 1832,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/pcuw. Dr. Sir, I have received yours of the 19th, inclosing some of the South Carolina papers. There
The second and principal objection to the proclamation [of Neutrality], namely, that it is inconsistent with the treaties between the United States and France, will now be examined… The alliance
