[Publius]

I’ve read that Madison helped on this address to a great extent, Hamilton to a lesser degree.

Other way around.

[Loud Mime]

agreed:

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/farewell/

[Cato Uticensis]

“I’ve read that Madison helped on this address to a great extent, Hamilton to a lesser degree.”

“Other way around.”

It’s interesting because in the Roman Republic, which ours is modeled on to a degree, the notion of belonging to a faction or factio, was considered a terrible thing. We’re all supposed to be sons of the republic, not members of our own selfish faction.