RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION I57 COMMITTEE OF DETAIL, VII Breach of the Peace, be privi- leged from Arrest during their Attendance at Congress, and in going to and returning from it. VII ? An Appeal for the Correction of all Errors both in Law and Fact That the United States in Congress be authorised--to pass Acts for raising a Revenue,- by levying Duties on all Goods and Merchandise of foreign Growth or Manufacture imported into any Part of the United States- by Stamps on Paper Vellum or Parchment -- and by a Postage on all Letters and Packages passing through the general Post-Office, to be applied to such foederal Purposes as they shall deem proper and expedient- to make Rules and Regulations for the Col- lection thereof--to pass Acts for the Regulation of Trade and Commerce as well with foreign Nations a? with each other to lay and collect Taxes That the Executive direct all military Operations That the Judiciary have authority to hear and determine all Impeachments of foederal Officers; and, by Way of Appeal, in all Cases touching the Rights of Ambassadors- in all Cases of Capture from an Enemy- in all Cases of Piracies and Felonies on the high Seas -- in all Cases of Revenue ? in all Cases in which Foreigners may be interested in the Con- struction of any Treaty, or which may arise on any Act for regulating Trade or collecting Revenue or on the Law oJ Nations, or general commercial or marine �aws If any State, or any Body of Men in any State, shall oppose x5 Documents VI and VIII are on two sheets of four pages each. Between them is placed Document VII, consisting of a smaller single sheet of two page?. It is in Wilson's hand, but written with a finer pea. The first portion is evidently an extract from the New Jersey plan and the latter portion (after the break and beginning ?'The Legislature shall consist") was identified by Professor Jameson as extract? from the original Pinckney Plan (see his Studies in tht tt?stor,j of t? F?dtrd Con*? of Jr?87, ?z8-?SZ. )
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