Publications of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of International Law Washington u s. Comet Convention, 1787 THE DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787 REPORTED BY JAMES MADISON A Delegate from the State of Virginia i..... הווייי International Edition GAILLARD HUNT AND JAMES BROWN SCOTT EDITORS I send you enclos'd the propos'd new Federal Constitution for these States. NEW YORK OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AMERICAN BRANCH: 35 WEST 32ND STREET LONDON, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, AND BOMBAY 1920 EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF JAMES MADISON1 APRIL 19, 1835 Considering the peculiarity and magnitude of the occasion which produced the convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the Characters who composed it, the Constitution which resulted from their deliberation, it's effects during a trial of so many years on the prosperity of the people living under it, and the interest it has inspired among the friends of free Government, it is not an unreasonable inference that a careful and extended report of the proceedings and discussions of that body, which were with closed doors, by a member who was constant in his attendance, will be particularly gratifying to the people of the United States, and to all who take an interest in the progress of political science and the cause of true liberty. 1 1 Writings of James Madison (Hunt, Editor), Vol. IX (1910), p. 549. |