Mr. Madison's words invariably bear out the genius of his mind. If Europe, India, the Middle East, had such a mind, the world would be a more stable place. Too bad the 39th Congress didn't listen to him, and went on to create a different Union from "THE Union of the States" that Madison referred to at the dusk of his life. But, that's what Yankees do - reconstruct. They even reconstruct posterity's (like Walt's) minds. The South was on to them and their ways. The more it is bashed, the further down the road we will have to go away from the original Union, suffering under the illegitimate and loved-by-liberals, 14th Amendment.
The 14th amendment as written would have never existed if the slave holders hadn't so determined to hold on to their property.
Walt