Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-07

/ House was then referred TO special
! committee of five, and it was decided
| that each State should have an equal
vote in the Senate against the votes OF
I Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Caro-
I lima; Massachusetts and Georgia being
| equally divided.
The special committee reported
proposition, fixing the number OF mem
/ beTs of the House, at its first meeting, at
filiy-six Delaware and Rhode Island to
have one each, Virginia nine, Pennsyl-
vania eight, Massachusetts seven, New
| York, North Carolina and South Caro-
| Ina five each, Maryland and Connecu-
cut four each, New Jersey three, and
New Hampshire and Georgia two each.
/ This was referred to q committee OF one
from each State, against the votes OF
New YORK aud South Carolina.
This Committee reported a proposition
fixing the number Of members At sixty
five. Virginia to have ten, Massachu-
sets and Pennsylvania eight EACH New
York and Maryland six each; ConnecI-
cut, North Carolina and South Carolina
five each New Jersey five; New HSmp-
shire and Georgia three each Delaware
and Rhode Island one each This report
was agreed to, against che votes of South
Carolina and Georgia. Propositions to
increase the number of members for
North Carolins, South Carolina and
Georgia were voted down; Virginia vot-
ing with Pennsylvania and Massachu-
seJts against increasing the representa-
ton Of the two first, and for increasing
that Of Georgia. Finally, the report of
the Committee, as amended, fixing the
representation in both branches and Civ
ing each State an equal vote IN the Sen
ate, was adopted by the votes Of Ccnnec-
ticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
and North Carolina. Pennsylvania, l{T-
giHid. South Carolina dI1d Georgia voted
against 1t, and Massachusetts tCGs diUi-
ded. Then Virginia voted with Massa-
chusetts and North Carolina, in favor of
giving Congress the power to negative
an laws possed by the several States,
contravening, in the opinion of the Ma
tional Legislature, the Articles of Union,
or any treaties suGsisting under the au-
thority of the Union
Pennsylvania alone voted in favor Of
electing the President by the citizens of
the United States, instead Of The Ma
tiOnal legislature Delaware and Ma
ryland against choosing him by Electors
10 be appointed by the Legislatures Of
the States; and then the proposition TO
elect bv the National Legislature was
unanimously adopted. Virginia then
voted, with New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware, in favor of the President
holding his office during good behaviour,
instead Of for seven years. Afterwards,
the provisions in regard TO the Executive
were reconsidered, and it was agreed
that be should be chosen by Electors,
against the votes Of North and South
Carolina and Georgia, Massachusetts
being divided. Then, against the votes
Of Virginia and South Carolina, II was
decided that the Electors should be ap-
pointed by the Legislatures Of the States.
? 1t was then proposed that, at the first
election for President, there should be
twenty five electors; Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Virginia TO have three
each: Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina and
South Carolina. two each; and New
HamphshiTe, Rhode Island, Delaware
and Georgia, one eech. Connecticut
south Carolina and Georgia alone voted
to add one electOr to those for New
Hampshire and Georgia. The PROPOSE
ton was then adopted, against the votes
Of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
and Georgia.
Massachusetts, Pennsylvsnis and Vir-
ginia voted against the appointment OF
the Judges by the Senate, and in favour
of their appointment by the President.
On the final vote, fixing the number
Of Senators at two from each State, to
vote per capita, Maryland alcne voted
IN the negative.
The provision for the election Of the
President by Electors was struck out,
and it was provided that he should be
elected by the National Legislature
against the votes Of Connecticut, Penn
svlvania, Maryland aud Virginia. It
was thus settled that ne should be elected
by ballot, By Congress, sId serve for
seven years.
The propositions agreed to were then
referred to a Committee of five to re-
mort a Constitution. It's preamble, as
reported, commenced with the words,
We, the people Of the States Of NelC
| H4mDshire, Massachusetts, ETC., do
1 0rIuia,I etc. This preamble was
unanimously agreed to by the Conven-
/ ton.
The provision that each State should
/ have two Senators, to be chosen by
| its Legislatures was adopted against
! the vnte of Massachusetts, and North
/ Carolina, South Carolina being divided.
a proposition thst, in the election Of
! President by Congress, each State should
I have one vote, was defeated by the
votes of New Hampshire, Aassachu-
sets. PENNSYLVANIA, Virginia, North
/ Carolina and South Carolina. A prop
osition to elect the President by Elec-
tors chosen by the people Of the sew
/ ersl States, was voted down by New
! Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Maryland.
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia. Then a proposition simply to
/ choose by electors, was voted down by
YSew Hampshire, North snd South Car
I DINA and Georgia, Connecticut and
MsryIand being divided.
! Finally, a Committee Of eleven re-
: ported the plan foF ele0ting the Presi-
dent 10y Electors appointed by each State
in such manner as its Legislature might
direct and this was adopted against the
votes Of North and South Carolina.
As LUTHER MARTIN said, commit
tee OF the whole house determined on a
plan by which the large States were to
/, ! have, hGI .n.y an Inequality Of suffrage
in the first branch, but also the sanie in
equality in the second branch or Senate.
The latter was to consist of twenty eight
members Virginia having ttue Penn
, svyvauia and Massachusetts four each
South Carolina, North Carolina, Mary
, land, Ley York and Connecticut, two
each New HsmpshiFe, .lhode Island
New Jersey, Delaware and Georgia, one
) each. Thus three States, Virginia, Penn
/ svlvania aud Massachusetts would have
! ;hlrtesg Senators out Of twenty-eight
, and Gfteen was 70 be 8 quorum for th'
? I Transaction OF business. HsYiDg TAU
the power to make Whist laws they
: pleased, and 10 prevent the other State
from making any law not agreeable (
, themselves, they were 10 have the same
superiority in the appointment of th'
President and Judges, aud a power o
= regulating he laws passed by every Stat,
in the Union. WASHINGTON was on tn
= ;3oor but neither he nor FRANKLIN IL
the least OPPOSED these features Of tn
/. plan but both appeared cordially to ap
1 prove them, and to give them thei
! hearty concurrence.
! There were three parties in the Con
/, / yaptiot. Hne was ~ iayos OF govern
> mont Internally mOnarohioal, under som
: -astrietions and limitations; another wa
tnot for the abolition of the State Gov
ornnents nor for the introduction OF
, .,,o1,aychical government under an,
: eor,,, mi they wished 10 establ SD sucl
4 sslsiess as sbouldgive their own State
Z .,,,.,,,e tower and inHuence in the gov
J, : 's'--oy,,erif over the other States;i th
. third was for government TO be estab
! 1isbed on terms of federal equality
\ Sneh points of the proposed plan 2
: tended to give Massachusetts,, Pennsyl
( SSanis MA snd Virginia power over the Others
: met with the perfect epproDetlon
It mason, Of Virginia, GERRY, OF Mass
! chu,etts. and the others and they wer
e ouly Republicans and FederAlists, so "a