Part of a series of articles titled The Constitutional Convention: A Day by Day Account for June 1787.
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June 27, 1787: Retain the Articles of Confederation?
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"Mr. L Martin contended, at great length, and with great eagerness, that the General Government was meant merely to preserve the State Governments, not to govern individuals. That its powers ought to be kept within narrow limits."
--James Madison in his Notes on the Federal Convention
Wednesday, June 27, 1787: The Convention Today
According to Madison: "Mr. Rutledge (SC) moved to postpone the sixth Resolution defining the powers of Congs: in order to take up the 7 and 8 which involved the most fundamental points; the rules of suffrage in the two branches, which was agreed to nem. con."
Mr. Luther Martin (MD) then took the floor, and held it for more than three hours with a long, rambling and passionate speech, the point of which was that the general government was meant to represent state governments, not people, and that the Articles of Confederation should be retained.
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Delegates Today
Philadelphia Today
According to Madison: "Mr. Rutledge (SC) moved to postpone the sixth Resolution defining the powers of Congs: in order to take up the 7 and 8 which involved the most fundamental points; the rules of suffrage in the two branches, which was agreed to nem. con."
Mr. Luther Martin (MD) then took the floor, and held it for more than three hours with a long, rambling and passionate speech, the point of which was that the general government was meant to represent state governments, not people, and that the Articles of Confederation should be retained.
Synopsis
- Postponed discussion on the 6th Resolution defining the powers of Congress
- Opened discussion on the 7th and 8th Resolutions establishing voting rules in each house
Delegates Today
- Dr. Johnson (CT) purchased John Adam's Defense of the Constitutions of the United States. Since he paid seven shillings and six pence for the book, it must have been the bound version advertised for sale by Hall & Sellers, J. Cruikshank; and Young and 2 McCulloch at that price. The paperback (blue cover) version was six shillings.
Philadelphia Today
- Today's Pennsylvania Gazette carried a letter from George Morgan to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture recommending that they study ways of combating the Hessian fly. This small insect had recently appeared in North America, and was decimating wheat crops in the middle colonies.
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