282 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION M onday MADISON ]um· Ig It was then moved and seconded that the Committee do now rise, report a further progress, and request leave to S11; again The Committee then rose. Dmum. or Aves ann Noes {Beginning of third loose sheet] fg Q1: ¤ E E 3. 3 § S to 8 E E.i°:£'•§`_:‘5E3€-§,,q§°;_‘§,, Questions .¤ ¤Es:>··#"·p’*;¥:.·.Ié~.;··»,»g‘5» .,,.,:5 s=sssss~3=.s’sgs ss.: z2¤:uzz¤a¤.*S>Za>c¤ <:5¤ {64] aye aye aye aye dd aye aye aye aye aye aye To postpone the iirst I0 1 resolution oi? ered by Mr Patterson in order i to take up Mr. Dickin- son’s motion M A D I S O N Monday june 18. in Committee of the whole. on the propositions of Mr. Patterson & Mr. Randolph. (On motion of Mr. Dickinson to postpone the Ist. Resolu- tion in Mr. Patterson’s plan, in order to take up the following. viz: “that the articles of confederation ought to be revised and amended so as to render the Government of the U. S. adequate to the exigencies, the preservation and the pros- perity of the union." the postponement was agreed to by IO States, Pen: divided.? “ Mr. Hamilton, had been hitherto silent on the business before the Convention, partly from respect to others whose superior abilities age Sc experience rendered him unwilling to bring forward ideas dissimilar to theirs, and partly from his delicate situation with respect to his own State, to whose sen- timents as expressed by his Colleagues, he could by no means accede. The crisis however which now marked our affairs, was too serious to permit any scruples whatever to prevail
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