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... Two loud, influential voices in the move towards a supreme national government, were James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. ... It was Madison and Hamilton that would tackle the task of persuading those members of the Second Continental Congress to move on a national vs. ... The following essay will take an in depth look at James Madison’s attempt, in Federalist #39, to show strong correlation between the already in use, Articles of Confederation and the new Constitution. ...
James Madison’s campaign to sell the thirteen states on the notion of giving up their dominion was a hard one. Throughout Madison’s Federalist #39 he compares the relationship of the Constitution and Articles to be a tight, when in all actuality they are not. Only one of Madison’s five points on the Constitution seems to have close relation to the Articles of Confederation.
The first of Madison’s idea that seemed to be harmonious with the already existing system was the “relation to the sources from which ordinary powers of government are to be derived. ... Madison states, “these powers will be referred from States as political and coequal societies much like the existing Second Continental Congress. ... This animation seems non-conflictual and leads to the next part of Madison’s discussion on “the sources to which ordinary powers are to be drawn. ...
The next grouping of Madison’s arguments are those that would have a hard time finding acceptance among all the states in the union. Madison’s idea on a committee of elected deputies for the special purpose of ratifying the Constitution is said by Madison to be “a federal act not a national.
Approximate Word count = 1295
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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