"19. Resolved, That the amendments which shall be offered to the Confederation by the Convention, ought, at a proper time or times after the approbation of Congress, to be submitted to an assembly, or assemblies of representatives, recommended by the several legislatures to be expressly chosen by the people to consider and decide thereon."
It was then moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the 1st resolution reported from the committee till to-morrow.
And on the question to postpone, it passed in the affirmative.
And then the house adjourned till to-morrow, at 11 o'clock. A. M.
The Hon. Wm. Blount, Esq., a deputy from the state of North Carolina, attended and took his seat.
The following credentials were then produced and read. [See p. 171.]
It was moved by Mr. Ellsworth, seconded by Mr. Gorham, to amend the 1st resolution reported from the committee of the whole house, so as to read as follows, namely:—
"Resolved, That the government of the United States ought to consist of a supreme legislative, judiciary, and executive."
On the question to agree to the amendment, it passed unanimously in the affirmative.
It was moved by Mr. Lansing, seconded by Mr. Sherman, to postpone the consideration of the 2d resolution, reported from the committee, in order to take up the following, namely:—
"Resolved, That the powers of legislation be vested in the United States in Congress."
And on the question to postpone, it passed in the negative.
Yeas: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, 4. Nays: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 6. Divided: Maryland, 1.
It was moved and seconded to adjourn; which passed in the negative.
Yeas: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, 4. Nays: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 7.
On motion of the deputies of the state of Delaware, the determination of the house on the 2d resolution reported from the committee was postponed until to-morrow.
