Sources: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 1 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911), https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/farrand-the-records-of-the-federal-convention-of-1787-vol-1#lf0544-01_head_107; Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison, a Member,
My Friends and Fellow Citizens, Your candid and generous indulgence I may well bespeak, for many reasons. I shall mention but one. While I express it, I feel it, in
My Friends and Fellow Citizens, Your candid and generous indulgence I may well bespeak, for many reasons. I shall mention but one. While I express it, I feel it, in
This version of Wilson’s speech is that of Thomas Lloyd. Lloyd’s notes have been included here and are indicated by { }. Before I proceed to consider those qualities in
I shall take this opportunity of giving an answer to the objections already urged against the Constitution; I shall then point out some of those qualities that entitle it to
The system proposed, by the late Convention, for the government of the United States is now before you. Of that Convention I had the honor to be a member. As
A good deal has already been said concerning a bill of rights. I have stated, according to the best of my recollection, all that passed in Convention relating to that
This will be a proper time for making an observation or two on what may be called the preamble to this constitution. I had occasion, on a former day, to
Source: We have used the version of the speech prepared by the Liberty Fund; James Wilson, Collected Works of James Wilson, edited by Kermit L. Hall and Mark David Hall, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007), https://goo.gl/Ztymo5. Mr.
We have now viewed the whole structure of government; we have now ranged over its numerous apartments and divisions and we have examined the materials of which it is formed.
