A history of the United States . he body. But his power wasneutralized by the fact that New York, the state which he 1 Born at Nevis, in West Indies, January 11, 1757; died, July 12,1804. De-veloped an astonishing precocity, and was sent to New York City in 1772;entered Columbia College, and in 1774 made a public speech that was con-sidered marvelous for a boy of seventeen; published numerous pamphlets ofimportance, and organized a cavalry company which he led at Long Islandand White Plains; was member of Washingtons staff, 1776-1781; ended hismilitary career by leading the final charge at Yor
A history of the United States . he body. But his power wasneutralized by the fact that New York, the state which he 1 Born at Nevis, in West Indies, January 11, 1757; died, July 12,1804. De-veloped an astonishing precocity, and was sent to New York City in 1772;entered Columbia College, and in 1774 made a public speech that was con-sidered marvelous for a boy of seventeen; published numerous pamphlets ofimportance, and organized a cavalry company which he led at Long Islandand White Plains; was member of Washingtons staff, 1776-1781; ended hismilitary career by leading the final charge at Yorktown; member of Con-gress, 1782-1783; member of Annapolis Convention in 1786, and FederalConvention in 1787; was the chief writer of The Federalist; converted a two-thirds majority in the New York Convention of 1788 into a minority againstthe Constitution; as Secretary of the Treasury under Washington founded thenational financial system; resigned in 1795; was a constant power as a writer,until killed in a duel by Burr in §247] THE CONSTITUTION. 183 represented, had opposed the convention, and had sent twodelegates to do what they could to prevent success. Hamiltonwas further handi-capped by the ex-treme nature of hisviews, for he be-lieved in a muchstronger central gov-ernment than couldat that time beadopted. James Madi- For these the main 247 son. — reasons,guidance of the con-vention fortunatelyfell upon JamesMadison,^ a youngman less brilliantthan Hamilton, butsuperior to him inthe art of estimat-ing what is possi-ble. A graduate ofPrinceton College,
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