Refuses informally 398 Declines a Re-election as President of the Society of the Cincinnati 398 Receives Official Notice of his Appointment to the Convention 399 Declines the Appointment 399 The Insurrection in Massachusetts changes his Determination 399, 400 He leaves Mount Vernon for Philadelphia 401 Is elected President of the Convention 401 His great Object, to secure a Republican Government 402 The Idea of a Monarchical Government entertained to some Extent 402 Coercive Power necessary in the General Government 403 Washington's Character as a Statesman 404 His Fitness for the Chair of the Convention 405 CHAPTER VIII. HAMILTON. Causes why Hamilton is less known at the present Day, than other Statesmen of the Revolution 406 Immediate Effect of his Death upon the Country 407 His Birth and Education 408 Very early Entrance upon Political Life 408 His Essays on the Rights of the Colonies 408 Appointed Aide-de-Camp to Washington 409 Elected to Congress from New York 409 A Member of the Legislature 409 Delegate to the Federal Convention 409 One of the Authors of the Federalist 409 Elected to the State Convention 409 Secretary of the Treasury 409 Retirement 409 Command of the Provisional Army 409 Practice of the Law 409 Death 409, 410 Character 410-419 CHAPTER IX. MADISON. His Birth and Education 420 Entrance into Congress 421 His Influence in inducing Virginia to yield the Northwest Territory 422 Other important Services in the Congress of the Confederation 422, 423 Retires to Virginia 423