[631] Ib., 23, 25, 27, 36, 42, 45.
[632] Ib., 23.
[633] Hening, xi, 173-75.
[634] Journal, H.D., 36.
[635] "It greatly behoves the Assembly to revise several of our laws, and to abolish all such as are contrary to the fundamental principles of justice; and by a strict adherence to the distinctions between Right and Wrong for the future, to restore that confidence and reverence ... which has been so greatly impaired by a contrary conduct; and without which our laws can never be much more than a dead letter." (Mason to Henry, May 6,1783, as quoted in Henry, ii, 185.)
[636] Writings: Hunt, ii, 397. This notable fact is worthy of repetition if we are to get an accurate view of the Virginia Legislature of that day. Yet that body contained many men of great ability.
[637] Madison to Jefferson, July 3,1784; Writings: Hunt, ii, 62.
[638] Madison to Washington, Dec. 14,1787; ib., v, 69-70.
[639] Washington to Madison, Jan. 10, 1788; Writings: Ford, xi, 208.
[640] Washington to Lafayette, April 28, 1788; ib., 254. Washington wrote bitterly of State antagonism. "One State passes a prohibitory law respecting some article, another State opens wide the avenue for its admission. One Assembly makes a system, another Assembly unmakes it." (Ib.)