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Myth Busting: What was Madison Trembling about?
| Myth Madison was terrified of having an Article V convention based on his experience at Philadelphia. > Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the first Convention which assembled under every propitious circumstance, I should tremble for the result of a Second > - Madison to George Lee Turberville, 1788 > https:%%//%%founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0243 Fact Madison was afraid of having another Philadelphia convention. He's not even talking about the convention in Article V in this letter. At the time Madison was writing this letter to Turberville, **New York was pushing** for a second general convention before the new Constitution had been ratified. This convention would be Philadelphia, part II - an anything goes convention. **< Back** |
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