Interesting Civics Lesson on the Senate and the Great Compromise

To the author: yes, the Founders intended that it be this way. The Founders would say anything that impedes more legislation - which is to say a larger imposition on the rights of the individual - is a good.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080702045_pf.html