1For the National Gazette, 27 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
This term in its particular application means “that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual.” In its larger and juster meaning, it embraces every thing to which a man may attach a value and have a right; and which leaves to every one else the like advantage . In the former sense, a man’s land, or merchandize, or...
2Inquiry into General St. Clair’s Defeat, [27 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Giles moved that the House request the president to conduct an inquiry into the causes of the defeat on 4 November 1791 of the army under Major General Arthur St. Clair. Debate focused on the issue of whether the president or the House should initiate such an inquiry. Mr. Madison started some difficulties in the business—He said the House ought to deliberate well, before they requested the...