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RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 557 Monday MADISON September z o 'Caddress to the People to accompany the present constitu- "tion, and to be laid with the same before the United States "in Congress. which passed in the affirmative. DETAIL OF AYes AND NOES dd aye aye no aye aye aye aye aye aye aye To reconsider the XIX article aye no no no aye aye aye a�{ no no I no To agree to the amend- ment of "two-thlrds" unanimous To agree to the amend- ment of "three-fourths" dd aye aye aye aye no aye aye aye aye aye To agree to the amend- ment of article XIXth dd no aye aye no ayelayeaye aye no ayeTo reconsider the XXIInd article dd no aye aye no ayelaycaye aye no ayeTo reconsider the XXIst article no no aye no no no no no no no no To postpone the 2ISt Article. aye aye aye aye aye aye i aye aye aye aye aye To agree to the zISt article. [5oz] [5o:;1 [so41 [sosl [?o6] [5o71 [?o81 MADISON Monday Sepr. IO. ?787 . In Convention Mr Gerry moved to reconsider art XIX. viz, "On the application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the States in the Union, for an amendment of this Constitution, the Legis- lature of the U.S. shall call a Convention for that purpose." ((see Aug." 6.)> This Constitution he said is to be paramount to the State Constitutions. It follows, hence, from this article that two thirds of the States may obtain a Convention, a majority of which can bind the Union to innovations that may subvert