Selected Writings of James Madison

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The writings collected here reflect the Madison who emerges from the best scholarship of the last thirty years -- scholarship to which Ralph Ketcham, as Editor of 'The Papers of James Madison' and in many other ways, has made stunning contributions. Ketcham's Introduction, a brief chronology, the texts of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and an index further distinguish this collection.

Abbreviations in Headnote Citations

Introduction

xiii

Revolution, 1773--1785

Freedom of Religion; To William Bradford, December 1, 1773, January 24, 1774, and April 1, 1774

(3)

Essay on Money; Written September 1779--March 1780

(7)

Foreign Affairs; Instructions to John Jay, October 17, 1780

(4)

Address to the States by Congress on Finances; April 26, 1783

(6)

A Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments; June 20, 1785

(6)

The Law of Nature and Majority Rule; to Marquis de Lafayette, March 20, 1785; and to James Monroe, October 5, 1786

(2)

Constitutional Principles; to Caleb Wallace, August 23, 1785

(6)

The Federal Constitution, 1786--1789

Vices of the Political System of the United States; April 1787

(7)

Proposed Principles for Federal Convention; to George Washington, April 16, 1787

(3)

Notes on the Proceedings: The Virginia Plan; Federal Convention, May 29, 1787

(4)

Election of Representatives; Federal Convention Speech, June 6, 1787

(2)

Reply to New Jersey Plan; Federal Convention Speech, June 19, 1787

(6)

The Federal System; Federal Convention Speech, June 21, 1787

(2)

Term of Office for Senators; Federal Convention Speech, June 26, 1787

(2)

State Equality in the Senate; Federal Convention Speeches, June 28--30, 1787

(6)

The Imperative of Majority Rule; Federal Convention Speeches, July 5 and 14, 1787

(3)

Separation of Powers and Electing the Executive; Federal Convention Speeches, July 17, 19, 21, and 25, 1787

(5)

The Right of Suffrage; Federal Convention Speech, August 7, 1787

(1)

Citizenship for Immigrants; Federal Convention Speech, August 9, 1787

(1)

State and Federal Power and the Public Good; to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1787

(6)

The Union as a Safeguard against Faction; Federalist No. 10, November 22, 1787

(7)

The Future of a Large and Prospering Union; Federalist No. 14, November 30, 1787

(5)

Stability, Energy, and Liberty in the Federal Union; Federalist No. 37, January 11, 1788

(4)

Combining National and Federal Forms; Federalist No. 39, January 16, 1788

(6)

The Important and Continuing Power of the States; Federalist No. 45, January 26, 1788

105

(4)

Montesquieu's Principle of Separation of Powers; Federalist No. 47, January 30, 1788

109

(3)

Checks and Balances within the Separation of Powers; Federalist No. 48, February 1, 1788

112

(5)

Reason, not Passion, Necessary for Good Government; Federalist No. 49, February 2, 1788

117

(4)

Explanation of Checks and Balances Concluded; Federalist No. 51, February 6, 1788

121

(4)

Human Nature and the Size of Deliberative Assemblies; Federalist No. 55, February 13, 1788

125

(3)

Human Nature and Good Government in the House of Representatives; Federalist No. 57, February 19, 1788

128

(2)

The Senate as a Deliberative Body; Federalist No. 62, February 27, 1788

130

(6)

Further Justification of the Senate, Especially the Length of the Term in Office; Federalist No. 63, March 1, 1788

136

(6)

Defense of the Constitution; Virginia Convention Speech, June 6, 1788

142

(11)

Taxation, Religious Liberty, and the Mississippi; Virginia Convention Speech, June 12, 1788

153

(2)

Judicial Power; Virginia Convention Speech, June 20, 1788

155

(3)

For and against Bill of Rights Amendments to the Constitution; to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788

158

(4)

Titles for Addressing the President; Speech in Congress, May 11, 1789

162

(2)

Adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution; Speech in Congress, June 8, 1789

164

(13)

Legislation and Politics, 1789--1800

Presidential Removal Power; Speeches in Congress, June 16--17, 1789

177

(11)

Abolition of Slavery and Asylum for Freed Slaves; Memorandum to Abolitionists, c. October 20, 1789

188

(1)

Does the Earth Belong to the Living Generation?; to Thomas Jefferson, February 4, 1790

189

(4)

Conscientious Objection to Military Service; Speech in Congress, December 22, 1790

193

(1)

Construction of the Constitution and Opposition to a National Bank; Speech in Congress, February 2, 1791

194

(8)

Political Essay: Population and Emigration; November 21, 1791

202

(6)

Political Essays: Consolidation and Public Opinion; December 5 and 19, 1791

208

(2)

Political Essays: Government and Government in the United States; January 2, and February 6, 1792

210

(3)

Political Essays: Charters and Parties; January 19 and 23, 1792

213

(3)

Political Essay: Universal Peace; February 2, 1792

216

(2)

Political Essay: Spirit of Governments; February 20, 1792

218

(2)

Political Essay: Republican Distribution of Citizens; March 5, 1792

220

(2)

Political Essay: Property; March 29, 1792

222

(3)

Political Essay: A Candid State of Parties; September 26, 1792

225

(2)

Political Essay: Who Are the Best Keepers of the People's Liberties?; December 22, 1792

227

(2)

The French Revolution; to George Nicholas, March 15, 1793

229

(1)

Executive Power in Foreign Relations; Helvidius No. 1 and No. 4, August 24, and September 14, 1793

230

(5)

War and Republicanism; from Political Observations, April 20, 1795

235

(4)

Resolutions against the Alien and Sedition Acts; Adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia, December 21, 1798

239

(3)

Foreign Influence and Political Reflections; Aurora General Advertiser, January 23, and February 23, 1799

242

(5)

States' Rights and Freedom of Expression; Report on the Virginia Resolutions, January 7, 1800

247

(23)

Executive Power, Foreign and Domestic, 1801--1817

The Louisiana Purchase; to Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe, March 2, 1803

270

(7)

International Trade in Wartime: Examination of the British Doctrine, January 1806

277

(2)

The Embargo; to William Pinkney, January 3, 1809

279

(2)

First Inaugural Address; March 4, 1809

281

(3)

Freedom of Religion; Veto Message, February 21, 1811

284

(1)

War Message to Congress and Peace Appeal to Indians, June 1, and August 9, 1812

285

(7)

Dissent in Wartime; to Wilson Cary Nicholas, November 26, 1814

292

(1)

A National Program; Seventh Annual Message to Congress, December 5, 1815

293

(7)

Internal Improvements; Veto Message, March 3, 1817

300

(3)

Religion, Education, Slavery, Reform, Courts---and Democracy and the Constitution Again, 1817--1836

Foundation of Religious Belief; to Frederick Beasley, November 20, 1825

303

(1)

Religion and Civil Society; to Robert Walsh, March 2, 1819; and to Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822

304

(3)

Education; to William T. Barry, August 4, 1822

307

(4)

The University of Virginia; to Thomas Jefferson, February 8, 1825, and February 24, 1826

311

(3)

Slavery; to Robert Evans, June 15, 1819; and to Thomas R. Dew, February 23, 1833

314

(8)

Utopia and Social Reform; to Frances Wright, September 1, 1825; and to Nicholas P. Trist, January 29, 1828

322

(5)

Foreign Policy and International Trade; to James Monroe, Richard Rush, Marquis de Lafayette, and John Quincy Adams, 1817--1824; and to Joseph C. Cabell, October 30, 1828

327

(6)

Judicial Power and the Constitution; to Spencer Roane, September 2, 1819, June 15 and 29, 1821

333

(7)

Nullification and Interpreting the Constitution; to Edward Everett, August 28, 1830

340

(9)

Suffrage and Majority Rule; Notes on Suffrage, 1821--1829; Speech, Virginia Convention, December 2, 1829; Notes on Majority Governments, 1833

349

(11)

Comments on Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton; to James K. Paulding, April 1831

360

(2)

Final Thoughts; Advice to My Country, 1834; and to George Tucker, June 27, 1836

362

(3)

Appendix

365

(22)

Constitution of the United States

365

(13)

Amendments to the Constitution

378

(9)

Bibliography

387

(2)

Index

389

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