James Madison: Champion of Liberty and JusticeThe elegant prose of America's Revolutionary generation is found in this series of chapbook Titles include: |
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... Congress under the Articles of Confederation - America's first fed- eral ... House of Delegates . Madison's contribution to the American political sys ... Representatives . He wrote President George Washington's first inaugural ...
... House of Representatives debated whether Congress could ( 1 ) immediately prohibit the African slave trade , ( 2 ) reg- 46. Madison Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives , May 13 , 1789 , ibid . , 207-9 . This was dangerously ...
... Congress could not prohibit the African slave trade before 1808 ( as specified in ... House journals " for the information of the public . " Such a public ... Representatives , March 23 , 1790 , ibid . , 229 . 48. Pleasants to Madison ...
... Congress . If all the states ratified the Constitution , the first Senate would contain twenty - six members and the first House of Representatives only sixty - five members . Opponents of the Constitution worried that such small ...
... House of Representatives . On November 19 , the 138. Extract of a letter from a Member of the Assembly at Richmond , to his correspondent in this town , dated Nov. 8 , 1788 , Winchester Virginia Centinel , November 19 , 1788 , ibid ...