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o~asion." In a reply Washington gave soms
! reasons for declining 10 accept the appoint
ment Of delegate to the Philadelphia Con
yention. Madison recurs TO the subject
| under date Of Dec. 7, 1880: 1T was the
opinion of every judicious friend whom
consulted that your name could not be
! spared from the deputation to the meeting
in May at Philadelphia. 1t was supposed
in the first place that the peculiarly OF the
mission and its acknowledged preeminence
| over every other public object may possibly
reconcile u undertaking IL with the re-
speot which is justly due and which you
wish to pay to the late officers OF the army
and In the second place that although you
should find that or any other consideration
an obstacle TO your attendance on the SER
vice, the advantage Of having your name
In the front Of the appointment as a mark
Of the eernestness Of Virginia, and an In
vitationt to meet select characters from every
part OF the C~onfederacy, ought. at all evente
TO be made Use Of. In these sentiments, |
own, | fully concurred, and fatter myself
that they will at least apologize for my
departure from those held out In your letter.
! oven fatter myself that they will merit
q serious consideration with yourself
whether the difficulties which enumer-
ate ought not TO give wny to them In
the same letter Madison writes: Il am
entirely convinced. from what / observe
heie fat Richmond that. unless the project
OF Congress flor ceding to Spain the Mis-
sissippi for twenty-five years. can be
reversed, the hopes Of carrying this State
into a proper Federal system will be de-
molished. Many of our most Federal lend
ing men are extremely soured with what
has already passed. Mr.. Patrick Henry,
who has been hitherto the champion of the
Federal cause, has become a cold advocate
and In the event of an actual sacrifice OF
the Mississippi by Congress will unques-
tionably 60 over to the opposite side
Washington had felt that TO serve In the
Federal Convention when the Society OF
the Cincinnati were in session in the same
city might put him in a false position. He
finally yielded. however. TO the ~pleadlngs
OF his friends.
There was some doubt as to whether
the Congress OF the Confederation should
recommend the Federal Convention which
had been called TO meet at Philadelphia
In NAV. 1887. On one side IL had been
urged that some Of the backward States
might have scruples against taking part in
the Convention without some Constitu-
tional sanction; on the other hand. IL was
suggested that certain States might regard
any interference on the part OF Congress
as proceeding from the same centralizing
views which already had excited Jealousies
A reference TO this matter will be found in
q letter written by Madison from New York
on Feb. "a, 1877. 10 Edmund Pcndlcton;
The only step OF moment taken by Con-
gress since my arrival has been a recon-
mendation OF the proposed meeting In May
for revising tho Federal Articles. Some
OF the States. considering this measure as
an eItra-C Constitutional one. had scruple
against concurring In it without som)
regular sanction. BY Others II was thought
best that Congress should remain neutral
In the business as the bes; antldtoe for tn
jealousy Of an ambitious desire In them
10 get more power into their hands. This
suspense was at length removed by an In
struction from this State New York; 70
its delegates 20 urge a recommendatory
resolution in Congress which accordingly
passed a few days ago. Notwithstanding
this instruction from New York. there Is
room TO suspect her disposition not to be
very federal. a large majority OF her house
of delegates having very lately entered
into a definite refusal OF tho impost, and
the instruction Itself having passed In the
IS;atel senate by a casting vote only. In
consequence Of the sanction gwen by Con
gress. Massachus It's. II il said, will scnd
deputies 20 the Convention. and her ey-
ample will have great weight witt the other
New England States. The States foia
North Carollaa 20 New jersey Inclusive have
made their Appointments. EXCEPT MARY
land. who has a. YET only determined LAT
she will mako them. The gentlemen h0re
from south Carolina and Georgia etp-pt
that those States will follow the general
example. Upon the whole. therefore. IL
seems probable that a meeting Will tale
place aud that II viii he a pretty FUN on' ,
Hare Il may be worth while 10 remark LAT
the recommendation Of tho Convention
made by Congress was counhnd Ina a very
different, form from that originally proposed.
the substitution being made a. the sug-
Ce.tion 81 Mas.achus-ttE Tho resolution
originally PROPOSED ran a. ful.ows Con
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