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Show 76 din.lc attendance of the delegc.Ltcs fi'Olll that State, u.s the difliculties or the Conv entiou are ~u e h, Llmt they wanteu all the aid possible. Not agreed Lo. l\Ir. Bll::;wotth moved that each Stale be allowed an eq ua.l r ote in the second branch, aml supported hi::; motion l>y a lcngt hy aro·utnent. l\lr. \Vii 'on opposed the motion. He said we were forming a government for men, not for imaginary States. Mr. Madi on thought the difficulty was not between the large and small States, but ren.lly between the States having sl:1Ves and those not having, or expecting soon not to havo slav(':-:. lie thought a fair compromise would be to have one lmweb repre entcu according to the number of free inhal>ilanls only, a.11d the other repre:·entcd by the whole, counLino· the slave as freem en, in tead of counting them as five io three. By Llti::; arrangement the , outhern scale would have the advantage in oue House anu the northeru in the other. Dr. Franklin thouo·ht "both sides rnu t part with some of their demands." The discn: ion was continued through the day without arriving at any conclusion. July 2.-0n the question allowing each Stale one vote in the second branch it was lo ·t. Ayes 5. N oe · 5. G eneml Pinekuey propo. ell that u. eommi tlee or one fro111 each State should be appoin tell to devis'C and rc port u. com· promise. Mr. Morris favored a committee. lie , aid the object of the second branch was to cllerk the exec~ . cs of the first branch. Tie thought it mu t be a brnneh of properly interest, and must also be permanent in order to give sta· bility to the government. "\Vitlwut it the conntry would have no confidence in the plan. Lou.vcs am1 fishes would bribe demagogues. Give us a senate for life, with· THE FEDE HAT1 CONVEN'rJON. 77 out pay, and we will have an honest and conservative branch. Mr. Madison opposed the committee. It was discussed nt lcng·th, nnfl on the question, nine States voted Aye .. .X ew J crsey nnd D ln. ware voted No. The committee was el ct •d by ballot, and was composed of Messrs. Geny, Ell ·worth, Yates, Pa.tter~on, Dr. Fratddin, Bedford, J\t[artin, Mason, Davie, Rutledge and Baldwin. To give the commillce time to deliberate, the Convention adjourned till ThtuRday the 5th. July 5. Mr. Gerry, from the committee appointed on Monduy Ia, t, made the following report: l. That in the fir1:it branch each State shall be allowed one member for every forty thonsanu inhabitant., counting nll free JWr:;o ns and t hrc -firths of tlte slaves, anc1 that n 11 lllOli('Y hills, or hills fixing salaries of public officerfl, f' hnll origirtnte in the fir st brnnrh, and shall not be altered or n.mcn<l ed hy the , cond bran ch. 2. 'fltnt i11 the second brauch each State shall have nn equal vote. [Note.-rfhis report wns consid<'rrc1 as n. compromise hetween the larg-e and smnll State.. The large Stale. w re apprehensive that by allowing the small ones an equal representation in the Senu.tc, they might, by combination, vote unflne burdens upou them in the way of appropriations of the public money. lienee, the arrangement tlwt money bills shall originate in the !louse where the representation is in accordance with the ratio of inhahitn.nts, thns protecting the large States in that branch, while the small Stales find their protection in the Senate, where they have an equal repre:c11tation. !Tow admirable the anangemcntl How heantifully onlcrcfl by our fathers for the protrction of the righls of the wh ole Union, i this model constitutionthe perfecUon of crovemmental excellence-the sum total of the wisr om of n~ cs in tlH' scicnre of Rclf-govcrnmc11t! |
