Writings of James Madison, Volume 4

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Author: James Madison

Advice to My Country.

As this advice, if it ever see the light, will not do so till I am no more, it may be considered as issuing from the tomb, where truth alone can be respected, and the happiness of man alone consulted. It will be entitled, therefore, to whatever weight can be derived from good intentions, and from the experience of one who has served his Country in various stations through a period of forty years; who espoused in his youth, and adhered through his life, to the cause of its liberty; and who has borne a part in most of the great transactions which will constitute epochs of its destiny.

The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is, THAT THE UNION OF THE STATES BE CHERISHED AND PERPETUATED. LET THE OPEN ENEMY TO IT BE REGARDED AS A PANDORA WITH HER BOX OPENED, AND THE DISGUISED ONE AS THE SERPENT CREEPING WITH HIS DEADLY WILES INTO PARADISE.

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Chicago: James Madison Jr., "Advice to My Country.," Writings of James Madison, Volume 4 in James Madison, Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, 4 Vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.), P.439 Original Sources, accessed June 7, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ2IFI4APDXEQX9.

MLA: Madison, James, Jr. "Advice to My Country." Writings of James Madison, Volume 4, in James Madison, Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, 4 Vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.), P.439, Original Sources. 7 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ2IFI4APDXEQX9.

Harvard: Madison, J, 'Advice to My Country.' in Writings of James Madison, Volume 4. cited in , James Madison, Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, 4 Vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.), P.439. Original Sources, retrieved 7 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ2IFI4APDXEQX9.