RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Saturday MADISON August ?,$ the Genl. Legislature to the Executives of the several States" as a farther amendment to sect. 2. art. X.? the votes were N.H. no Mas. no. Ct ay. Pa. no-- Del. no. Md divided Va. ay-- N m Cq no-- S.C. no. Geo. ay-- [Ayes-- noes m 6; divided m I.] In amendment of the same section, "other public Minis- ters" were inserted after "ambassadors". ?7 Mr. Govr Morris moved to strike out of the section-- "and may correspond with the supreme Executives of the several States" as unnecessary and implying that he could not correspond with others. Mr. Broome 2ded. him. On the question N.H. ay. Mas. ay. Ct. ay. Pa. a�. Del. a�. Md. no. Va. ay.N.C. ay-- S.C. ay. Geo-- ay. [Ayes?9; noes-- "Shall receive ambassadors & other public Ministers". agreed, to hem. con. Mr. Sherman moved to amend the "power to grant re- prieves & pardon" so as to read "to grant reprieves until the ensuing session of the Senate, and pardons with consent of the Senate." On the question N-- H-- no. Mss. no. Ct. a�-- Pa no Md. no. Va. no. N. C. no. S.C. no. Geo. no. [Ayes -- I; noes ? 8.] ?s "except in cases of impeachment" inserted hem: con: after "pardon" On the question to agree to ? "but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar" ? On August 14 Sherman had objected to the clause in Article X, Section 2 which empowered the President to "appoint o?icers in all cases not othenvise provided for by this Constitution." Sherman's proposed modification was defeated, one amend- ment by Dickinson was adopted and a second one offered by Dickinson. According to both the Journal and Madison Dickinson's second motion was negatived, but McHenry states that the House adjourned "when the question was going to be put." McHenry was probably correct as this question is now brought up without any re- corded motion to reconsider. This is doubtless the amendment attributed to Sherman in Vote 359, Detail of Ayes and Noes (see above, notes 2 and 3). ? See McHenry's statement below. ?* Vote 37o, Detail of Ayes and Noes, records the vote as Ayes, It; noes, o. ?s Probably the same as Vote 37?, Detall of Ayes and Noes, which includes Dela- ware in the negative.
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