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Show 78 'TilE FEDERAL CONVENTION. Thi.s repor t was fonnded on a wolioo made_, in tho com-mitt ee, by Dr. l,ranklin.] . M 1\..t" 1· d'd not consider the conccss10n of tho small 1'. 1n~tC \SO il I . l t th 1-Iol1sc should originate all money b1lls as Stales t 1a c · of much moment. lie said the senators. could get ~he mem b crs o f tl 1e nollse to a<l011t their tlOi10ns by .h and1ng t l lCtn amen d ment s, , nnI,Jt thus' avoid the check that ilns clau~e wn.s d esr. gnc d t o <n.. {l'ord • lie thought we should form a t J·trst 1) 1•1' 11ct.l)lc~ and the small States would ~ovr.rnmen on , ·, . Gncl it to their intcrc~t to aclopt tl. . A lono- del.w te ensued, pn.rti<'ipnted in by Messrs. 'Morns, Bcdford,nE\1 worth, ~In. on, H.. utl edg·e and others, and with· out the que ·tion the Couvt'ntion a.<ljonmed. July 6. :Mr. 1\[orris movc(l to commit so much of t:ho report as relates to onC' mcmbt•r to every forty thousand ln· habitants to a committee of live, whi ·h was a.grr.cd to. The clause relating to an equality of voles in the Senate beinrr under consideration, it was postponed, and the clause relating to money uills taken up. After some discussion it was agreed to. July 7. The clause allowing each Stale one vote in the Senate being up, after a long anrl zen.lons di scn sion, it was postponed until the committee of five, on the numuer of members in the first branch, shon ld report. July 9. Daniel Carroll, of Maryland, took his seat. Mt·. Morris, from the committee of five, reported that the lion e ~hould at first consist of forty-six mcml.>crs. New Hampshire, two ; l\Iassachuseiis, seven ; Rhode Is· land, one; Connecticut, four; New York, five; New J erscy, three; Pennsylvania, eight; Delaware, one; :Maryland, fonr; Virginia, nine; North Carolina, fi vc; South Carolina, five i Gcor1rin two· and that Corwrcss shoulJ alter the number n ' ' o from time to time, as it ~hould. think proper. Mt·. Patterson thought the proposed estimate for the future too va~ne. He ronld rrgn.rd 11cp;ro sln.vcs in no THE FEDEHAL CONVENTION. 79 light but property. They were not represented in tho Slate governments, and hence should not be in il10 national govemmcnt. :Mr. Madison sugo-estcd as a compromise, thai in the ITou. e the representation should be according to the number of freo inhauiiants ; that tho Senate was designed, in one respect, to be the guardian of property, and that branch should represent slaves and all. After some further discussion, the first clause of the report was referred to a committee of one from cnch Slate. July 10. ~1r. King, from the committee appoint&"l yesterday, reported thai the J[ouse should consist of sixiyfi ve members. After a long anu animated discussion the report was adopted. South Carolina and Georgia alouo voting No. July 11. Mr. Randolph's motion, requiring n. census to be taken in order to correct inequalities in represenLation, was taken n p. Mr. Butler and Gen. Pinckney in. i ted that blacks should have an equal representation with the whites, and therefore moved that 11 three-fifths" be struck ont. Mr. Gerry, and :Mr. Gorham, favored. three-fifths. Mt·. Butler, said the lauor of a slave in South Carolina, was as valuable as that of a freeman in lVIassachnsscls. Free negroes in tho North, have an equal representation with the whites. So should the slaves of the South have. Mr. Williamson, said that the Eastern States con tended for the equality of blacks where taxation was in view, they ought then to be willing to a11ow an equal represcn ln.tion. On the question, Mr. Bu tlcr's motion was lost, only Delaware, South Carolina, and. Georgin, voting Aye. Mr. Morris, said that if slaves were to be considered as inl1abitants, not as wealth, then there would be no usc for ., . .. ;~ .. t l) iil' old• '::.1,,). ' ,.,,.,,, |
