. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ia constitu-tional convention. There he vigorously advo-cated the granting of absolute religious free-dom and thus displayed for the first timehis natural democratic inclinations. In thisservice he was closely in touch with Jefferson,who was later to write that great documenton the rights of man—the Declaration ofIndependence. Madison became a member ofthe first state assem-bly, but was defeatedat the end of the termby corrupt means, an
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ia constitu-tional convention. There he vigorously advo-cated the granting of absolute religious free-dom and thus displayed for the first timehis natural democratic inclinations. In thisservice he was closely in touch with Jefferson,who was later to write that great documenton the rights of man—the Declaration ofIndependence. Madison became a member ofthe first state assem-bly, but was defeatedat the end of the termby corrupt means, andin 1780 he was sent by ^S^iMi ^Tf^ithe state to the Con-tinental Congress. ^«„,. ^. ^~w Returning to his -«al^m. ->> itf -^tS^^state in 1784, he againwas elected to the leg-islature, where he lab-ored diligently toward vtlSWiSMIWthe upbuilding of astrong union of thecolonies, in order tosecure for all the necessary stability* andprestige. In the constitutional convention of1787 he was a leading figure, though, beingsecretary of the convention, he did not takea conspicuous place in the debate. In theactual drafting of the Constitution he had. JAMES MADISON a place second to none, and it was he whosuggested the plan of Congressional repre-sentation on the basis of po^Dulation. He wasnot able to have this principle applied to theSenate, because of the opposition of thesmall states. The ratification of the Con-stitution by the states was a second task towhich he gave his finest efforts, and with Jayand Hamilton he published a seiies of bril-liant essays in The Federalist which gave con-vincing reasons for its adoption. Madisonstitle of Father of the Constitution waswell earned. In the First Congress. In 1789 Madisonwas elected to the first House of Representa-tives. Though officially he was one of theFederalists, as the supporters of the Consti-tution were called, he found himself in sym-pathy with Jefferson, rather than with Hamil-ton, leader of his partly, and eventu
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