The State Of Freedom
September, 1991
When the framers of the Constitution finally approved that unprecedented document in 1787, they thought their labors were done. But there followed fierce resistance in the new nation. Some argued against its ratification, because they were opposed to a strong Federal Government with a broad power to tax. But the majority of those reluctant to approve the Constitution demanded that it also contain a Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties against Government incursion.James Madison, a princ...
