Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the American RepublicUniversity of Virginia Press, 2001 - 284 頁 Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains central to the constitutional revolution that launched the American experiment in republican government. Washington relied heavily on Madison's advice, pen, and legislative skill, while Madison found Washington's prestige indispensable for achieving his goals for the new nation. Together, Stuart Leibiger argues, Washington and Madison struggled to conceptualize a political framework that would respond to the majority without violating minority rights. Stubbornly refusing to sacrifice either of these objectives, they cooperated in helping to build and implement a powerful, extremely republican constitution. Observing Washington and Madison in light of their special relationship, Leibiger argues against a series of misconceptions about the two men. Madison emerges as neither a strong nationalist of the Hamiltonian variety nor a political consolidationist; he did not retreat from nationalism to states' rights in the 1790s, as other historians have charged. Washington, far from being a majestic figurehead, exhibits a strong constitutional vision and firm control of his administration. By examining closely Washington and Madison's correspondence and personal visits, Leibiger shows how a marriage of political convenience between two members of the Chesapeake elite grew into a genuine companionship fostered by historical events and a mutual interest in agriculture and science. The development of their friendship, and eventual estrangement, mirrors in fascinating ways the political development of the early Republic. |
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... helped the most . Professor W. W. Abbot of The Papers of George Washing- ton reassured me that the Washington - Madison collaboration was a topic worth pursuing . Professor Don Higginbotham of the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
... helped found the Republic , I examine what it takes to found a friendship . I rely on kinship universes and other techniques of family historians to explore the relations between these two members of the Chesapeake elite . My ...
... helped shape the early American Republic . With the exception of many Madison scholars who have acknowledged its ex- istence , the Washington - Madison collaboration has been neglected by historians . Lance Banning in The Sacred Fire of ...
... helped launch the canal era , and started the chain of events result- ing in the 1787 Constitutional Convention . By no means did they chart the road to Philadelphia in 1784 , but they pushed internal improvements at the state level in ...
... helped convince the pres- ident to serve another term . When Jefferson retired as secretary of state in 1793 , Madison's refusal to succeed him deprived the administration of a Republican voice to match Hamilton's . Without it ...
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Winning Independence | 11 |
Improving Rivers and Friendships | 33 |
Framing and Ratifying the Constitution | 58 |
Washingtons Prime Minister | 97 |
Friendship Tested | 124 |
Founding Washington DC | 140 |
Four More Years | 153 |
Neutrality | 169 |