Elliot’s Debates: Volume 1
Journal of the Federal Convention
Friday, August 17, 1787.
It was moved and seconded to insert the word “joint,” before the word “ballot,” in the 9th clause of the 1st section, 7th article; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7. Nays: Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, 3.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the 9th clause of the 1st section of the 7th article; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 6.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the words “and punishment,” in the 11th [12th] clause of the 1st section of the 7th article; which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7. Nays: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, 3.
It was moved and seconded to alter the 1st part of the 12th clause, 1st section, 7th article, to read as follows:
“To punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas;”
which passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, 7. Nays: Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, 3.
It was moved and seconded to insert the words “define and” between the word “to” and the word “punish,” in the 12th clause; which passed in the affirmative.
It was moved and seconded to amend the 2d part of the 12th clause, as follows:
“To punish the counterfeiting of the securities and current coin of the United States and offences against the law of nations;”
which passed in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the 13th clause of the 1st section, 7th article, amended as follows,
“To subdue a rebellion in any state against the government thereof, on the application of its legislature, or without, when the legislature cannot meet.”
it passed in the negative.
Yeas: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, 4. Nays: Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, 5.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the word “make,” and to insert the word “declare,” in the 14th clause; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, 4. Nays: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, 5.
It was moved and seconded to strike out the 14th clause; which passed in the negative.
The question being taken to strike out the word “make,” and to insert the word “declare,” in the 14th clause, it passed in the affirmative.
Yeas: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 8. Nay: New Hampshire, 1.
It was moved and seconded to add the words “and to make peace” to the 14th clause; which passed unanimously in the negative.
Separate questions having been taken on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 14th clauses of the 1st section, 7th article, as amended, they passed in the affirmative.
And the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 oclock, A.M.
