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Founding Fathers: A Reform Cau

            -The founding fathers were first and foremost superb democratic politicians; they met at the constitutional convention where they were going to set up the framework for the Constitution. The convention was a nationalist reform caucus which had to operate with great delicacy and skill in a political cosmos full of enemies to achieve a definitive goal, which was popular approbation.
             -The group which undertook the struggle was an interesting amalgam of a few dedicated nationalists with the self-interested spokesmen of various parochial bailiwicks. What distinguished the leaders of the constitutionalist caucus from their enemies was a continental approach to political economic and military issues. These men also had a new credo: American nationalism that ill defended but nonetheless potent sense of collective purpose that emerged from the American Revolution.
             -James Madison drafted the Virginia plan with the aid of the Virginia delegation. This was a political master-stroke because once the convention was assembled the framework of discussions were based on Madison's plan. But differences occurred the Convention was divided between "nationalists" and "states"-righters". The interesting thing about the convention was the reaction to this militant program for a strong autonomous central government. Some were startled and doubtful but none left or started rebelling.
             -The states"-righters" came up with the New Jersey plan. The New Jersey plan put the states back into the institutional picture, but one could argue that to do so was a recognition of political reality rather than an affirmation of states- rights.
             -Madison analyzed and criticized the New Jersey plan so a vote was taken to see if they were to continue with the Virginia plan as the nucleus. Even though the New Jersey plan lost it was still on everyone's mind. Now the delegates circle around the problem with legislative representation.


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