THE PAPERS OF JAMES MADISON PURCHASED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS; BEING HIS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS OF DEBATES DURING THE CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATION AND HIS REPORTS OF DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION; NOW PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, DEPOS- UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF HENRY D. GILPIN. VOLUME III. WASHINGTON: LANG TREE & O'SULLIVAN. 1840. us 4604.5 B HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF OST 26 1927 Entered, according to Act of Congress, by Langtree & O'Sullivan, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia. CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, FROM TUESDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1787, UNTIL ITS The Constitution as reported by the Committee of Detail, con- The preamble, article first, designating the style of the govern. ment; and article second, dividing into a Supreme Legislative, Ex- Article third, dividing the Legislature into two distinct bodies, Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives—Motion to confine the rights of Electors to freeholders--Disagreed to. Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed - Motion to require seven years citizenship in members Agreed the exclusive power over money bills-Agreed to. Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed- Article fifth, relative to the Senate-Motion to strike out the right of State Executives to supply vacancies—Disagreed to-Mo tion to supply vacancies by the State Legislatures, or by the Exe cutive till its next meeting—Agreed to-Motion to postpone the clauses giving each member one vote--Disagreed to—Motion to require fourteen years citizenship in Senators—Disagreed to-Mo- tion to require nine years citizenship in Senators--Agreed to-Mo- tion to require Senators to be inhabitants of the States they repre- Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and pro ceedings of the Legislature-Motion to strike out the right of the members—Disagreed to. Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to require the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature, to possess a certain amount of property - Disagreed 10—Motion to strike out the right of the Legislature to establish a qualification of its members—Agreed to-Motion to of the Senate to its Legislative business—Agreed to. Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to except from publica- require secrecy-Agreed to. Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed -Motion to require only citizenship and inhabitancy in members -Disagreed to-Motion to require nine years' citizenship-Disa- greed to-Motion to require four and five years' citizenship instead of seven-Disagreed to-Motion to provide that the seven years' citizenship should not affect the rights of persons now citizens Article fifth, relative to the Senate, resumed—Motion to require seven years' citizenship in Senators instead of nine-Disagreed to. Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed greed to. Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed-Motion to permit members to be appointed to office during their term, but to vacate their seats -Disagreed to-Motion to permit members to be appointed during their term to offices in the Army or Navy, but to vacate their seats—PostponedMotion to pay the members out of the National Treasury, a sum to be fixed by law-Agreed to. Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- ings of the Legislature, resumed--Motion to unite the judges of the supreme court with the President, in his revisory power over acts of the Legislature—Disagreed to-Motion to require three fourths instead of two thirds to pass bills negatived by the Executive - Agreed to-Motion to extend the negative of the Executive to resolves as well as bills—Disagreed 10—Motion to allow the Exe- cutive ten days to revise bills–Agreed to-Article sixth, as amend- Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and proceed- |