RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONYENTION Monday MADISON September Io on the application of the Executives of the States- on the want of a more definite boundary between the General & State Legislatures--and between the General and State Judiciaries --on the the unqualified power of the President to pardon treasons --on the want of some limit to the power of the Legislature in regulating their own compensations. With these difficulties in his mind, what course he asked was he to pursue? Was he to promote the establishment of a plan which he verily believed would end in Tyranny? He was unwilling he said to impede the wishes and Judgment of the Convention-- but he must keep himself free, in case he should be honored with a Seat in the Convention of his State, to act according to the dictates of his judgment. The only mode in which his embarrassments could be removed, was that of submitting the plan to Congs. to go from them to the State Legislatures, and from these to State Conventions having power to adopt reject or amend; the process to close with another general Convention with full power to adopt or reject the alterations proposed by the State Convention% and to establish finally the Government-- He accordingly proposed a Resolution to this effect. Docr Franklin zded. the motion Col: Mason urged & obtained that the motion should lie on the table for a day or two to see what steps might be taken with regard to the parts of the system objected to by Mr Randolph Mr Pinkney moved "that it be an instruction to the Com- mittee for revising the stile and arrangement of the articles agreed on, to prepare an Address to the people, to accompany the present Constitution, and to be laid with the same before the U--States in Congress"
- The motion itself was referred to the Committee. nero:
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- Mr. Randolph moved to refer to the Committee also a
motion relating to pardons in cases of Treason- which .was agreed to nem: con: Adjourned
- (These motions not entered in the printed Journal.)
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