There was nothing that people retained throughout their existence. Government was simply a contractual system; people made a deal with the government in exchange for their rights. Wilson insisted that the foundation was old and had no basis to command how the system was run. The Constitution and the Federalist Papers were stagnant documents, unable to withstand the progress of history. Madison strongly disagreed with this. His entire purpose in promoting a republican form of government was to use it to secure the freedom of the people. The government did not grant freedom; he preserved it. He defended that there were only certain rights that people could not give up. This was the whole reason the government was created; it was there to protect and guarantee those rights; don't give them