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T H U R $- DA Y A J" i-Y 9, 1789.
Numb, 183.
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honour to reprefenf, Had ratified the cortftitution
; without - fpecifying any .amendments'; they
are fatlsfied with it' in its prefent form, tiU ex
perience fhall point out its 'defect. s. He there
fore Tnoved that the eonfideration of the fubjefc
of amendments be poftponed -till the firftday of
. Mr. Goodhue and Mr. Burket thought it rather
premature to take up the fnbje&butTould not
.. jft? 5h? .prpprictyof .poftponing it -to fo long a-
period They obferved, the lubjecl of revenue
1 was of greater' im pot ranee at prefent, and ouht
A. to be immediately attended to, :---:
. Mr. Madifon obferved Uiatlthc.,)rcp:Qitipnv-i
for amend dfehts "to the "conftitution came from
various quarters, and thofe the molt refpeel able j
" and therefore to give feme degree of fatisfacli
on, it fecmed neceflar.y that Congrefs fliould, as
foon as poffible, attend, to the wifties oXtheir
--- con Iti tuent sta f ql I i n
venue and judiciary fyftems 5 thefe, he iirgtdy
ought to be finifhed previous to adifcuflion of
amendments ? The judiciary fvftem may pro-
Proceedings of Congrefs.
Houfe. of Reprefentatives of the United
. : plates, - ----
. a M O N D A Y, June 8.
M R. Madifon agreeably to notice, moved
that the Houfe now form itfelf into a
committee. or the whole, r-iiDon thentfiror tne
-.union, to take into confiderat io n the f n bjeel f
the amendments, agreeably to the 5th article
-1 of the conftitution"A-""'"':T:H
Mr. Smith (of South. Carolina) fuggefted
the inexpediency of taking'.-up; the Jfobje&at'
A. the prefent moment, irt a committee of the
v whole, while matters of the greateft importance,
and of immediate confequence,' were lying un-
. finifhed. . A -;.s.j, I L -;:A
Mc. Jackon was oppo fed to taking tip the
:TfubjeeWfcam
we have fome experience of its good or bad
ialities . Hi h eiivl i ue ti t s . ubfeireitrttoniieaV u fe't , a
vide a remedy for fome of he detects complain r
ed of-and without giving the conftitution any
Operation, it was impolTible to determine what
' were defeats or not, and whaY alterations were
TiieceirafyHefuhherTcbfervedhaV
ceiled jt neccuary, previous to any dilculiion.
of the fybje.6t,. .thatit mould ,bt ascertained
whether two-thirds' of tle Houfe and Senate
were in favour of entering upon the bqfi-
'neft : He ftfppofed that the voice of two-thirds
were recjuifite to fanction the expediency of
the meafure, ,as they were to the adoption of
amendments. - ' A,
. ..Mr. Madifon conceded to the motion ..for
choofing a ielecl committee ajidftJon Hjou.jtyvcipap
andSBJeefhAwlu hfe Afepblitdries oflhet A .7
priety of.entermgv at an eafly period, into the were not the proper fources . j the refolve is now
veftigation mould immediately be gone into,
put.tpjjuiet 'ejapprehenfions bf::a:ffleat3i3any:
peflbns,. refpecling .the fecuring certain rights,
"which it was fuppofed were not . fuflkif mly,
- guarded is he thought : ."nceflai litaECongrefs--fliould
commence the enquiry, -and place the
matter In fuch a train, as to inlpire a reafonable
hope and expeftation, that full juftiee would
eventually be done to fp important a lubief;
fore, renewed his motion for the Houfe"
to go intoa committee of the whole, that the
. inveftigationr of the bufinefs might at leaft com
mence. .
Mr. Sherman fuppofed,vihat.takirirp-the-
iuujecr or amendments at this time would alarm
were perfons than would have their apprehen--Jions
quieted thereby: - " r"
r A menage ivas received froin ther Annate, uif
,-.--.,v..,c iiuuic,, umi mcy nau concurreuin
m.
vocates tor amrndments Aere numerous and
fefpeitable and urged the expediency of the
meafuie j from the fituaticn of Rhodfe-Ifland
and North Carolinl,. as it might conciliate
them towards the uhionf "and induce them to
unite -He. was, he faid, in favour of fyndry
alterations or amendments to the conllitatioii.
A R ij 11 of jKights .he. laid;: had been contended
fcr,b iit this was one of thofe amendments which
he di4 not-conceive-eflential.- He, howeverjTf
ItateaHhe propriety of the meafure, for altho'
Bills of RigHts might not be altogether necef
laryr he faid it J id liot follbwrthat they dFnof
produce falutary erfers- he Twas therefore of
opinion that a Peclaration of Rights ought to
oe incorporated in the conftitution. , T w
Mr. Madifon, further obferved, That the
proportion of Reprefentatives had been objeft-
)t referred to a committee of the whole, and ,
that an .early day be afligned to go into a full
- inveftgion1ofthWfljcl nd prdpofedithel
fiift Monday in July. ;i J A
Mr. Madtfon withdrew his laft motion for a
feleft committee, and then fubmitted to the
Hbufe a refolve comprizing a' ;nu mber . of; av
meiidmemvtcrbe interporateel la ; the cfiftftitu-rr
tion. ' . : ' .Aa
Mr..Mvermr'wz oppofedto the refolve"
Mr. Pae and Mf7itfally rofe'to juf
tify Mr. Madifon. : , A""'
. A Mr. Madifon .obferved that it was necefTary
the fubjeft mould be brought forward in feme
forft) or otheri . After waiting a cojifiderabltf
time for others to do it, he had -thought pro
per ro.propofe the form how fubmitted to thf
Mr. Lawrence moved, That the' refolve in
troduced by Mr. Madifon, mould be fubmit
ted toa the eonfideration of a, committee of the
whole, on the ftate of-the union.
1 Mr . Boudiriot propofed a felecT: committee to
confift of member from each ftate. A T '
A After a few more obfervations, the motion"'
of Mr Lawrence Seingput, wasjcayrried in the-
fErmativerThe Houfe then adjourned
' ; M O N D AY, June x5. "
Mr.wMemberfxotriA
Mi Sedgwick, Member from Maifachufetts
appeared in the Houfe, had theVath prefcribed
i(i the conftitution, admiriiftcred to them, and
took their feats, riV AAlA :..A-IA-AiJ-AA---
v'i
Upon motion of Mr. Goodhue, it was vofedi
that fwo Members he add'pd tn the rrmrUta
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MimiOt&ingheTOnber
their vote of the 2.8th nf Mw kyirlili v-ir
""ftjember is to be furnifhed with a compleat fet
f the journals of the late Congrefs'. '
Mr. White obferved. that' the fubiecY of a-
rnendments-was of very extenfive importance :
piopueiy in ine i-eguiature s determining their States -Mr. Sm th. of Marvlan.. A ivr
owiLCQiiiptioniapo
amount. The rights oT confcienceriiberty of pointed. ' " " '
MrrScott, from the committee to confider
the ftate of the unappropriated lands in the
-VVeltem- l erntory; reported;HThis- report
contained a very particular geographical ae-.
count ot that country L i ' .
yoted,zThat this report be refVrretc et
mittee of the. whole upon the ftate of the union.
The. Houfe then proceeded to the eonfidera
tion of the amendments which had been pro-
are nofA.with refneVJ f the Hntv nn AiMA A -. : . ; 1 i
4iciujpoied that the houfe couldjioVwth any - Deroie me cqnititution was tried, fpirits, the Senate propofed fliould be ftruck" - - f
Propriety defer their cohfideiation any longer J woulf b.c entirely lmproperthaMheymtift be; -odtj-recapitulatiorofargu
tor although the conftitution had been fo gene-. f?.ec?!ative and theoretical in the very nature the formerogrefs of the billWb
rally ratified, yet it was evident, that' alterati- JimSs and 'nay n18 -betnejula;
nsand amendments were exnefted fw nrhmt ot future amendments and that we ough't not place--the rrfnlt Wag non.con!nrrenre wUh tk ;
yorijyofLtlie-pe&pIe-at-larg
Jflrv&(s.CO then introduced a pro-'
pflitionfor the appointment of a feleft com.
the bufmefs.inta eonfideration. ,
th V -wa-?i1? avojjrof:a committee of
tne wli and urjred th
JlJ?4ryithout
;t aTOealurhaJwould produaivcof very
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.eonfeq
frLF)yg 5as oppofed"to. the. rhea Aire
iewrl rcafonsAthe incompletencfs of the
for-
the re-
tne nrell. and trial bv turv. fliould be To fer.
cured as to put it out of the power of the Lc
.gillature to infringe them. Fears refptcling
thr judiciary fyfteinV Ihould be entirely done
awayj and an exprefs declaration niade, that
all rights not exprefii vely given up, are retained
He-viihed-thar adeelar atiiv"on"thofe' points"
might be attended to and'f the conftitution
could be made better in the View of its moft"
languine Importers, by making fome altera." toofed bvhe Senateo'tnltlttffiyc
I tionftl--in .ifIiA..Kail--KB-sisr'..rri-f 1 ' 7" 1 AA. ...5L
L Jen notaiioJtrehereforermoved-for 'thrrnorted rnVo the ITnltTd Rtr-LA
appointment of a committee td pfopofc amend- --The enatog flili'ofthe Slif W. 'The
ments, which ilieu d be laid before the Le- Cnricrrf.'hf h.-TTn;tPrl .,,0.-4
gillatures of the diiferent ftates agreeably to the. Lby the Senate, by prpofingtd.mfem
-Mn-7rrre"df tTiaTlTvvou Id fa ke " up"
fo m.u ch Ji me, i n d ifcu ITmg thati mportant fub
jel.as to produce too much delay in others
bufinefs of much7greater moment-he urp-ed
th3tnttempranKi$limd'm?
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jterrd RfJrelehtanves oftho United States"As;
This amendment was non-concurred. I A
That claufe of the Jill which made a dis
crimination between ftates" and kingdoms in ;
laajnceitnihjhrimted States-and thofe whiefr
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Senate. .
The following amendment $ p ropofedby theT,
oueKt-
towalteour time-jTr iifelefsyfpecuIatidns--He
ftronglv opppofed a Bill of Rights, asvlead-:
ing orterrto dangerous conlequences. Sehatepwere f alfbliononcurred by the Houfe,
Mr. Gerry thought it unneceftary to golnto "yX?&&
commit tee-of-the .whol'e.-uporrhis fuble6tf 'Aidnfl
nf the nrelenf mnmt h ....Karl U. I . ? : . r .v . J - -. w-:
.thatMjearidiysrpoiijbre mrghtbea11ign - fpirits from i z to 8 cents. - A : f A
ed, on-accountot North-CarolinaandRhode v The. amendment which provides for the rt
Ifl3ndrs thecceffion of t1io(ffS3fatetszfK5zt
unipnysfaoerydenrable-ajovedthat
the ywiout propofttioni for amendments' (hould oUiTcifroin to a centi : v-; :;. A-
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