A Constitutuion for The Ages
by Helen Thomas Robson
Title
A Constitutuion for The Ages
Artist
Helen Thomas Robson
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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“James Madison, A Dedicated Man”
On the opening day of the convention, Madison, took a seat at the front of the room to more clearly hear and observe the proceedings. Day after day, for four months, one would see him there, at the front of the room, bowed over his notes, writing steadily.
He was “not absent a single day, nor...lost a single speech.” His notes became “the ablest work...[on] the debates of the constitutional convention...The whole of everything said and done there was taken...with a labor and exactness beyond comprehension.” His tireless work made him quite ill. At one point during the convention he withered to less than 100 pounds.
Tuesday, May 29, after delegations from nine states had arrived, Governor Randolph of Virginia arose and introduced the “Fifteen Resolves” which had been prepared by Mr. Madison.
This marked the beginning of a remarkable event that had never before occurred in history. A people sent their best and brightest to unite under one purpose and under one faith to work out their own form of self-government with wisdom and purpose, not by force or conquest.
Many mistakenly describe the Constitution as a “conglomerate of compromises.” “Compromise can be an ugly word..., a chipping off of the best to suit the worst. Yet in the Constitutional convention the spirit of [consensus, after much debate], reigned in grace and glory...”
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