THE PAPERS OF JAMES MADISON, PURCHASED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS; BEING HIS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS OF DEBATES DURING AND HIS REPORTS OF DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION; NOW PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, DEPOSITED IN THE CONTENTS VOLUME THIRD. DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, FROM TUES- The Constitution as reported by the Committee of Detail, The preamble, article first, designating the style of the government; and article second, dividing into a Supreme - Article third, dividing the Legislature into two distinct -- - Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives. Article fourth, relative to the House of Representatives, resumed. Motion to require seven years' citizenship in members. Agreed to. - Motion to require the members to be inhabitants of the States they represent. - Agreed to. -Motion to require the inhabitancy for a specified period. - Disagreed to.-Motion to require that after a census the number of members shall be proportioned to direct tax- ation. — Agreed to.- Motion to fix the ratio of representa- tion by the number of free inhabitants. - Disagreed to. Motion to give every State one representative at least. - Article fifth, relative to the Senate. Motion to strike out the right of State Executives to supply vacancies. — Disagreed to. Motion to supply vacancies by the State Legislatures, or by the Executive till its next meeting. - Agreed to. Motion to postpone the clauses giving each fourteen years' citizenship in Senators. - Disagreed to.- Motion to require nine years' citizenship in Senators. — Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and - Article sixth, relative to the elections, qualifications, and - - Article sixth, relative to the election, qualifications, and pro- ceedings of the Legislature, resumed. Motion to except from publication of such parts of the Senate journal, not Legislative, as it may judge to require secrecy. — Disa- greed to. - Motion to except from publication such parts of the Senate journal as relate to treaties and military opera- tions. Disagreed to. Motion to omit the publication of |
