Federalist 46
Source: “The Federalist Number 46, [29 January] 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0261. Resuming the subject of the last paper I proceed to inquire whether the federal government or the […]
Federalist 45
Source: “The Federalist Number 45, [26 January] 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0254. … Several important considerations have been touched in the course of these papers, which discountenance the supposition […]
Federalist 39
Source: “The Federalist Number 39, [16 January] 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0234. … But it was not sufficient, say the adversaries of the proposed constitution, for the convention to […]
Debate on National Veto of State Laws
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, […]
Letter from James Madison to George Washington
Source: “From James Madison to George Washington, 16 April 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0208. I have been honored with your letter of the 31 of March, and find with […]
Annual Message to Congress (1816)
President’s Annual Message, 14th Cong., 2nd sess., Annals of Congress, S12. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/yfsn. Fellow—Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In reviewing the present state of our country, our attention cannot […]
Annual Message to Congress (1815)
President’s Message, 14th Cong., 1st sess., Annals of Congress, S11. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/yfsn. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I have the satisfaction on our present meeting of being able to […]
Annual Message to Congress (1814)
James Madison, “James Madison, September 20, 1814. Notes, Message to Congress,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: James Madison, 1814, James Madison Papers, 1723 to 1859: […]
Annual Message to Congress (1812)
President’s Speech, 12th Cong., 2nd sess., Annals of Congress, S198. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/bl1m. Fellow—Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: On our present meeting it is my first duty to invite your […]
Annual Message to Congress (1811)
President’s Speech, 12th Cong., 1st sess., Annals of Congress, S4. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/bl1m. Fellow—Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In calling you together sooner than a separation from your homes would […]