yton Randolph for president, 107;
also Charles Thomson as secretary, 107;
debates question of manner of voting, 112;
member of second Continental Congress, 172.
Lyons, ----, in Parsons' Cause with Henry, 49, 53;
cries "treason" against his speech, 54.
Madison, James, doubts Henry's authorship of Virginia Resolves, 84, note;
member of Virginia convention of 1776, 190;
on committee to draft bill of rights and Constitution, 200;
his slight influence, 204;
introduces bill to check speculation in soldiers' certificates, 295;
describes Henry's eloquent support of the measure, 295;
less practical than Henry, 296;
inferior to him in debate, 296;
confers with Henry and finds him zealous for strengthening federal
government, 305, 306;
predicts intense opposition in South to treaty abandoning Mississippi
navigation, 308;
warns Washington of Henry's change of mind on matter of strengthening
the Confederation, 310;
informed by Randolph of Henry's refusal to attend convention, 310;
comments on his reasons, 311, 312;
informs Jefferson and Randolph of Henry's opposition to the
Constitution, 315, 316;
accuses Henry of wishing disunion, 317;
letter of J. B. Smith to, condemning Henry's methods, 317;
describes elements of opposition to Constitution, 319;
the principal champion of ratification, 320;
his power in debate, 333;
suspects Henry of intention to destroy effect of Constitution, 343,
344;
Washington's letters to on same subject, 346;
defeated for senator through Henry's influence, 351;
his defeat for representative attempted by gerrymandering, 351, 353;
elected nevertheless, 354;
leads House to consider constitutional amendments, 354, 355;
probably led by fear of Henry's opposition, 355;
forms opposition party to Washington, 397;
writes Virginia resolutions, 408.
Madison, Thomas, on Henry's defense of Holland for murder, 376.
Marshall, John, on Henry's determination to have Mississippi navigation
for the South, 311;
favors ratification of federal Constitution, 320;
with Henry in British debts case, 360;
his argument not legally superior to Henry's, 366;
commended for his conduct in France as a candidate for Congress by
Henry, 410, 411.
Martin, Luther, opposes federal Constitution, 330.
Maryland, its convention recommends organizat
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