1790 Turn: The Second Year

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FS Madison's Schedule
for Winter and Spring 1790

While FS Madison spent most of his time debating and advocating for measures in Parliament, he did take a break during the winter to build up structure for the Republican faction in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey, the states closest to Parliament. Along the way, he made a string of speeches covering accomplishments of his government, touting measures passed such as the Declaration of Rights and the Plebiscite Amendment, to boost and maintain the government's popularity. On his tour, Madison personally met with as many citizens as possible. During the spring, FS Madison took another quick tour of the nation, again touting recent accomplishments, but this time occurring in his home state of Virginia.

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FS Madison's Schedule
for Summer, Fall, and Winter 1790

At the beginning of summer, Madison debated the passage of multiple bills, including the Military and Senate Acts. He spoke in favor of the Tariff Act, as to create a new resource to end the national debt. Soon afterwards, he embarked on a stagecoach tour of New York, New Jersey, and Maryland, setting up political offices in each of the states and conversing with local citizens. As summer turned to fall, Madison returned to the National Assembly, just in time for the Westsylvania Crisis. While the majority of Madison's fall was taken up by this crisis, he did write letters to Republican faction offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, as to boost morale. As the winter months began, he embarked on another tour to boost the Republican profile, this time around the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, establishing more party offices and greeting local citizens.