KECOKDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION 369 Wednesday MADISON dugust zz DETAIL OF AYES AND NOES [33?] no commit ye remain of the 4th & ?t ? article [338] aye commit the 6th see- 7 article [339] no rescind the order the H o u s e respectin hours of and adjournment [340] aye agree tO the after the znd sect. article [34x] no t34z] aye ?f the report of of five agree ? Mr amendment of the of the report the Commktee d eleven MADISON Wednesday August zz. in Convention Art. VII sect 4. resumed.: Mr. Sherman was for leaving the clause as it stands. He disapproved of the slave trade: yet as the States were now possessed of the right to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, & as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of Government, he thought it best to leave the matter as we find it. He observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the U.S. 2 Upon this question, see above, July z3, August 8, and August 2I, and Appendix A, CXLVIII, eLI, CLVIII (56-60), CLXXI, CCXII, CCLI, CCLIII, CCCXXXIV, CCCXX_XV, also below August z!; (with references under note ?), August 28 and August
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