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THE

DEBATES

IN THE SEVERAL

STATE CONVENTIONS

ON THE ADOPTION OF THE

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,

AS RECOMMENDED BY THE

GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA,

IN

1787.

TOGETHER WITH THE

JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,

LUTHER MARTIN'S LETTER,

YATES'S MINUTES,

CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS,

VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF '98-'93,

AND

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.

COLLECTED AND REVISED FROM CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS,
BY JONATHAN ELLIOT.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred

and thirty-six,

By JONATHAN ELLIOT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columb

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ORGANIZATION of the Convention,..

RULES for the Government of the Convention, Electors, &c,....

HENRY ABBOTT — Religion; opposed to an exclusive Establishment; no
religious Test; Pagan or Deist may obtain Office; Oath; by whom are
we to swear? Jupiter, &c.,...

Mr. BLOODWORTH-opposed to Congressional Control over Elections,.

Jurisdiction; no Provision for Juries in civil Causes,.

Adverts to the Annapolis Convention, &c.,...

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Mr. WILLIAM R. DAVIE (a Member of the Federal Convention) - for in-
vestigating the Subject, and discussing Clause by Clause,.
System extensive, involving the Principles of Federal Government,.
Powers of the Federal Convention; states some of the Events, and the
Defects of the Confederation, which gave Birth to the Convention,..
Negro Representation; Jealousies of the East; one Kind of Property entitled
to Representation as well as any other, &c.,...

Vice-President, Reasons why introduced; Consolidation not intended;

Representatives,.

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Confederacies; Amphictyonic; European,..

Rhode Island, her Conduct; Elections; true Construction of the Clause,...
Rhode Island; Party Influence, &c.; Elections, &c.,.....

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Journal; Publication; necessary to conceal it during the Confederation,....
Principle on which the Constitution was formed,..

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Treaty-making Power, in all Countries, placed in the Executive Depart-
ment, 119. States would not confederate without an equal Voice in the
Formation of Treaties; Separation of Powers, 120. President's Election
on fair Principles; his Nominations,..
Senatorial Term of Service; thirteen Councillors would destroy Presidential
Responsibility, 122. State Sovereignty represented in the Senate; Treaty;
Laws, their Execution; Judiciary; prohibitory Provisions ought to

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