Did they ever write any essays or letters on why they didn't make voting compulsory? Was it a feeling that such compulsion impinged on freedoms, or that it wou

Did they ever write any essays or letters on why they didn't make voting compulsory? Was it a feeling that such compulsion impinged on freedoms, or that it wouldn't help fix the problem of apathy? Or did they just think it would be absurd if people voluntarily turned down their chance to pick their representation in government?