The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2

United States. Constitutional Convention · 1787-07-19 to 1787-09-17 (convention debates recorded; excerpts reflect entries in the official journal as presented here) primary

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Carrington, Edward, to Jefferson, on progress of convention, i., 107, n.; to Madison, 130, n.; to Monroe, ii., 90, n.; to Madison, 142, n.

Carroll, Daniel, Md., attends convention, i., 318; favors national power to suppress insurrection, 392; Pierce's sketch of, ii., 38, n.; doubts propriety of per capita voting in Senate, 38; favors election of executive by electors chosen by lot from national legislature, 47; thinks direct taxation should depend on census, 47; opposes disqualification from legislature of persons having unsettled government accounts, 63; thinks number for quorum cannot be fixed, 135; thinks right of expulsion should be with two-thirds of legislature, 136; moves Senators be permitted to enter dissent to measures, 136; fears New York will be capital, 140; moves five years' citizenship for Representatives, 148; explains provision as to money bills in Maryland, 157; favors national compensation for members of legislature, 168, 169; thinks greater checks to bad laws necessary, 174; thinks a quorum should be more than a majority, 177; thinks exports should not be taxed, 181; opposes taxation by congressional representation, 209; thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws necessary, 228; moves election of executive by the people, 243, 245; moves provision to prevent favoring ports of entry, 252; on committee of August 25, 254; objects to requiring consent of states to dismemberment, 277; moves that right of U. S. to public lands be confirmed, 280; moves that land question go to Supreme Court, 281; moves to postpone question of ratification, 284, 286; thinks all the states must ratify, 286; thinks Maryland must ratify as required by Maryland law, 286; thinks vessels should enter and clear in their own states, 291; on committee of August 31, 292; proposes an address to the people, 377; moves states have power to lay tonnage taxes, 380; urges larger representation, 392.

Census, taking of, debated, i., 327, 340; every fifteen years, vote on, 340; two years after meeting of legislature, 344; ordered within six years after meeting of legislature, 346; every ten years, 347; every twenty years, 346; first to be in three years, ii., 208.

Charters, power to grant, proposed. See Legislature, national, power of.

Citizenship, of Representatives, see Legislature, national, House of Representatives, Senate; uniformity of, in the several states, agreed to, ii., 266.

Clymer, George, Pa., attends convention, i., 5; appointed on grand committee, ii., 193; thinks power to tax exports should exist for revenue only, 217; Pierce's sketch of, 217, n.; on committee on navigation acts, 225; disapproves slave-trade arrangement, 251; thinks states should regulate their own manufactures, 266; favors commercial regulations, 270; moves to postpone ratification question, 286; favors ratification by a majority of the people and the states, 287; objects to Senate's power, 315; thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, 345.

Commercial regulations. See Navigation acts.

Committee, grand, appointed, ii., 193.

Committee of the whole, convention goes into, i., 32; reports, 134; last session, 165.

Committee on detail, resolutions referred to, ii., 67; report of, 76; debated, 90.

Committee on plan of compromise, appointed, i., 292; reports, 293.

Committee on rules, appointed, i., 5; reports, 7.

Committee on style and arrangement, appointed, ii., 338; report of, 347, 369; debated, 367, 368.

Committee on sumptuary legislation, appointed, ii., 366.

Compensation of executive. See Executive, national, compensation of.

Compensation of judiciary. See Judiciary, national, compensation of.

Compensation of legislature. See Legislature, national, compensation of.

Compromise on representation, debate on, i., 287; report of committee on, 294.

Confederation, articles of. See Articles of Confederation.

Congress. See Legislature, national.

Constitution, engrossed, read, ii., 389; text of, 398.

Continental Congress, continuance of, till constitution goes into effect, proposed, i., 79; agreed to, 137; debate on, 390.

Contracts, impairment of, prohibited, ii., 377.

Council, executive. See Executive council.

Council of revision of laws, debate on, i., 69; ii., 17.

Counterfeiting, power to punish, debated, ii., 185.

Courts. See Judiciary.

Credentials of delegates read, i., 4.

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