Hamilton supported that idea when he stated "I go no further," he wrote in The Federalist, "and affirm that bill of rights are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution but would even be dangerous. ... One of the first congressmen who recognized that the national legislature must add personal rights to the Constitution was James Madison, the framer of the Bill of Rights. On June 8th Madison quoted; "It cannot be a secret to the gentlemen in this House, that, notwithstanding the ratification of this system of government yet still there is a great number of our Constituents who are d...

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" In June of 1812, President James Madison and the United States Congress declared war on Great Britain. ... There were a number of reasons as to why President Madison initially declared war on Great Britain. ... At this time, James Madison stated, "thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country and from everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors.... James Madison stated in his war speech to Congress, "...

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