James Madison: Champion of Liberty and JusticeUW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press, 2006 - 110 páginas The elegant prose of America's Revolutionary generation is found in this series of chapbook Titles include: |
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... districts in which only the most meritorious could garner enough support to be elected . The small Congress would also provide the corollary ben- efit of keeping government expenses down . To further insulate federal legislators ...
... abilities , his virtue , and his respectful polite behaviour to all men of all Parties . " To Mary Wood , Richmond , November 5 , 1788 , ibid . , 273 . Virginia legislature created ten election districts through- out the state [ 75 ]
... district they represented . Henry thereupon loaded district five ( Madison's home district ) with eight counties , half of which were heavily Antifederalist . Antifederalists selected James Monroe , Madison's close friend who had ...
... district five , Virginia Federalists would run him as a candidate in either district three or district ten . Although this would violate the state election law , which required that candi- dates be a " bona fide " resident of the ...
... district together and on several occasions they debated . At one such debate on the court day in Culpeper County , " in the open air , on a cold , January day ... in the face of a keen , north - easterly wind " one of Madison's ears ...