The Framers of the Constitution.—Washington, President of the Convention.
| Embarrassments attending the Assembling of the Convention | [380] |
| Discipline to which the American People had been subjected | [381], [382] |
| The Constitution the Result of Circumstances | [382] |
| Consequences of a Want of Power in the First Government | [383] |
| Its Incapacity | [384] |
| Sufferings of the People | [384] |
| Civil Liberty the Result of Trial and Suffering | [385], [386] |
| Qualities of the Framers of the Constitution | [386], [387] |
| Hamilton | [387] |
| Washington | [388] |
| Madison | [388] |
| Franklin | [388] |
| Gouverneur Morris | [388] |
| Their Characters formed during the Revolution | [388], [389] |
| Diversities of Opinion in such an Assembly | [389] |
| Patriotism of its Members | [390] |
| A Republican System their great Object | [390] |
| Slight Value of the Examples of other Countries | [391] |
| Necessity for a National Head | [392] |
| The New Government established without Violence | [393] |
| Washington at Mount Vernon | [393], [394] |
| His Opinions upon the Powers of the Federal Government | [394-396] |
| His Fears as to the Result of a Convention | [396], [397] |
| The Legislature of Virginia desire to place him at the Head of their Delegation | [397] |
| Refuses informally | [398] |
| Declines a Re-election as President of the Society of the Cincinnati | [398] |
| Receives Official Notice of his Appointment to the Convention | [399] |
| Declines the Appointment | [399] |
| The Insurrection in Massachusetts changes his Determination | [399], [400] |
| He leaves Mount Vernon for Philadelphia | [401] |
| Is elected President of the Convention | [401] |
| His great Object, to secure a Republican Government | [402] |
| The Idea of a Monarchical Government entertained to some Extent | [402] |
| Coercive Power necessary in the General Government | [403] |
| Washington's Character as a Statesman | [404] |
| His Fitness for the Chair of the Convention | [405] |
CHAPTER VIII.
Hamilton.
| Causes why Hamilton is less known at the present Day, than other Statesmen of the Revolution | [406] |
| Immediate Effect of his Death upon the Country | [407] |
| His Birth and Education | [408] |
| Very early Entrance upon Political Life | [408] |
| His Essays on the Rights of the Colonies | [408] |
| Appointed Aide-de-Camp to Washington | [409] |
| Elected to Congress from New York | [409] |
| A Member of the Legislature | [409] |
| Delegate to the Federal Convention | [409] |
| One of the Authors of the Federalist | [409] |
| Elected to the State Convention | [409] |
| Secretary of the Treasury | [409] |
| Retirement | [409] |
| Command of the Provisional Army | [409] |
| Practice of the Law | [409] |
| Death | [409], [410] |
| Character | [410-419] |
CHAPTER IX.
Madison.
| His Birth and Education | [420] |
| Entrance into Congress | [421] |
| His Influence in inducing Virginia to yield the Northwest Territory | [422] |
| Other important Services in the Congress of the Confederation | [422], [423] |
| Retires to Virginia | [423] |
| Efforts for the Enlargement of Commercial Powers | [423], [424] |
| His Connection with the Events which led to the Convention | [424-427] |
| Appointed one of the Commissioners to Annapolis | [427] |
| Drafts the Act of Virginia appointing Delegates to the Federal Convention | [427] |
| His Labors in the Convention | [427], [428] |
| Records the Debates | [428] |
| His Character | [428-431] |
CHAPTER X.
Franklin.