2-21-1787: "If the measures however on foot for disarming and disfranchising those concerned in it should be carried into effect, a new crisis may be brought on."

   "Our latest information from Massts. gives hopes that the meeting or as the Legislature there now style it, the Rebellion is nearly extinct. If the measures however on foot for disarming and disfranchising those concerned in it should be carried into effect, a new crisis may be brought on."--James Madison, Feb. 21, 1787 letter to George Washington. Pg. 210 [The Writings of James Madison, comprising his Public Papers and his Private Correspondence, including his numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, ed. Gaillard Hunt (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900). Vol. 2.  Online Library of Liberty.  Liberty Fund, Inc.]

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