[89]. Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 83.
[90]. Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 88.
[91]. Division and Reunion, p. 12.
[92]. James Monroe to James Madison. New York, September 3, 1786. “I consider the convention of Annapolis as a most important æra in our affairs—the eastern men be assur’d mean it as leading further than the object originally comprehended. If they do not obtain that things shall be arranged to suit them in every respect, their intrigues will extend to the objects I have suggested above—Pennsylvania is their object—upon succeeding or failing with her they will gain or lose confidence—I doubt not the emissaries of foreign countries will be on the ground.” Documentary History of the Constitution, Vol. IV, p. 25.
[93]. Political Science and Constitutional Law, Vol. I, p. 103.
[94]. Writings of James Madison (1865), Vol. I, p. 246.
[95]. On the suffrage and elections in general in the eighteenth century, see the state constitutions in the well-known collections of Poore and Thorpe; A. E. McKinley, The Suffrage Franchise in the Thirteen English Colonies; Paullin’s “The First Elections under the Constitution,” Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Vol. II; Jameson, “Did the Fathers Vote,” New England Magazine, January, 1890; Thorpe, Constitutional History of the American People; S. H. Miller, “Legal Qualifications for Office,” American Historical Association Report (1899), Vol. I; F. A. Cleveland, Growth of Democracy; C. F. Bishop, History of Elections in the American Colonies; see below, Chap. IX.
[96]. The data on the constitutions here given are taken from Thorpe’s collection, Charters, Constitutions, etc.
[97]. Senators were apportioned among the respective districts on the basis of public taxes paid by the said districts.
[98]. The Suffrage Franchise in the English Colonies, p. 414.