Federal or national government, debate on, i., 32.
Few, William, Ga., attends convention, i., 2;
Pierce's sketch of, 2, n.;
on committee of August 25, ii., 254.
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, Pa., attends convention, i., 1;
favors restriction of suffrage to freeholders, ii., 96;
opposes power to tax exports, 216;
on committee of August 25, 254;
admits inconvenience to require vessels to enter and clear in their own state, 291;
seconds motion to include House of Representatives in treaty-making power, 327;
thinks old Congress need not sanction constitution, 343;
favors incidental state export duties, 365;
thinks publication expenditures impossible, 376.
Forts, arsenals, etc., provision for acquisition of, ii., 306.
Franklin, Benj., Pa., attends convention, i., 5;
Pierce's sketch of, 49, n.;
moves that executive receive no salary, 57;
opposes negative in executive, 70;
favors executive council, 71;
opposes single executive, 74;
suggests method for choosing judges, 77;
appeals for harmony in convention, 115;
favors proportional representation, 115;
objects to liberal compensation for legislature, 126;
favors no salary for Senators, 244;
thinks voting in Senate not a separate question, 259;
proposes prayers in convention, 260;
favors compromise on representation, 280;
on committee on compromise on representation, 292;
thinks money bills should originate in House, 311;
favors power to increase judges' salaries, 387;
favors impeachability of executive, ii., 12, 14;
thinks executive returning to private life no degradation, 68;
favors general suffrage, 100;
thinks compromise on representation should stand, 118;
opposes long residence in the states for Senators, 122;
thinks new citizens will not be elected to Senate, 125;
opposes property qualification for officers of government, 130;
thinks two witnesses necessary in treason cases, 206;
favors executive council, 331;
seconds motion for second convention, 347;
on committee on sumptuary legislation, 366;
moves legislature have power to cut canals, 372;
moves to limit President's emoluments, 381;
proposes plan for signing constitution, 389;
disclaims personal reflections on non-signatories, 394;
thinks members cannot pledge themselves, 396;
remarks on signing, 397.
Franklin, William Temple, nominated for secretary of convention, i., 4.
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Georgia, increase in representation of, moved, i., 324.
Gerry, Elbridge, Mass., attends convention, i., 12;
doubts if convention can form national government, 34;
Pierce's sketch of, 34, n.;
opposes election of Representatives by the people, 40, 42, 84;
favors an executive council, 51;
opposes election of executive by national legislature, 56;
opposes inclusion of judiciary in council of revision, 69, 92;
favors single executive, 69;
favors qualified negative on legislation by executive, 70;
favors provision for amendments, 79;
opposes ratification of constitution by the people, 80;
favors election of Senators by state legislatures, 97, 99;
moves reconsideration of question of choosing executive, 101;
moves indefinite negative on state laws by national legislature, 103;
moves election of executive by state executives, 107, ii., 49;
favors representation based on free population, i., 120;
opposes requiring oath to national government from state officers, 123;
favors one-year term for Representatives, 124;
proposes that Senate shall not originate money bills, 132;
thinks maximum and minimum for quorum should be fixed, 134;
favors ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, 220, 223;
opposed to monarchy, 242;
favors four or five years' term for Senators, 243;
opposes equal state representation, 268;
favors committee to compromise representation, 292;
on committee to arrange compromise on representation, 292;
offers report of committee of compromise on representation, 293;
favors compromise on representation, 302;
favors representation on basis of population and wealth, 305;
thinks originating money bills in House a concession, 310;
moves to postpone question of voting in Senate, 313;
favors increase in representation, 326;
thinks three-fifths of blacks sufficient proportion as basis of representation, 331;
thinks taxation and representation cannot be arranged, 347;
favors direct taxation according to representation, 347, 350;
favors originating money bills in House, 356;
favors compromise on representation in Senate, 357;
opposes adjournment on question of representation, 368;
opposes re-eligibility of executive, ii., 7, 42, 43;
favors election of executive by electors appointed by state legislatures, 8;
moves ratio for electors for executive, 10;
favors impeachability of executive, 13;
moves that electors for executive be not officials, 16;
opposes inclusion of judiciary in revisionary power, 19, 24;
favors appointment of judges by Senate, 28;
moves that officers take oath of allegiance, 30;
thinks constitution should be ratified by legislatures, 32;
moves appointment of committee to report constitution, 39;
moves election of executive by legislatures, 42;
suggests fifteen years' term for executive, 43;
proposes referring term of executive to committee, 44, 46;
opposes election of executive by electors chosen by lot from national legislatures, 47;
favors election of executive for not more than six years in twelve, 53;
opposes popular election of executive, 54;
favors exclusion from office of those indebted to government, 61, 64;
favors exclusion from legislature of pensioners, 64;
favors prohibiting state and national capital at same place, 66;
thinks quorum should be fixed, 134;
moves to permit Senate to publish journal, 137, 138;
thinks executive should not influence place of meeting of legislature, 140;
thinks none but natives should be Representatives, 143;
declares his state opposes members of legislature holding any other offices, 161;
points out objections to both national and state legislatures, 202;
thinks exports should not be taxed, 179;
moves to include post roads in power of legislature, 181;
thinks rebellion should be suppressed on state application, 186;
moves legislature have power to declare war, 188;
favors giving legislature power to make peace, 189;
thinks letters of marque should be considered, 191;
thinks executive should not interfere in legislation, 194;
favors provision against large army in time of peace, 194, 195, 198;
moves committee be instructed to report on qualifications
for executive and impeachment of judges, 202;
opposes power to make sumptuary laws, 202;
moves that taxation be by congressional representation, 208, 211;
thinks states should pay their debts, 209;
opposes power to tax exports, 216;
thinks slave trade should not be sanctioned, 222;
moves prohibition of ex post facto laws and bills of attainder, 227;
thinks government should have power to fulfil engagements of old government, 229;
thinks national government should not control militia, 230;
thinks liberty will not be as safe in national as state government, 232;
warns convention against depriving states of their powers, 233;
thinks actual debts should be paid, 248;
seconds motion to remove judges on application of legislature, 257;
moves to postpone question of ratification, 289;
thinks members of legislature should not hold other offices, 295;
objects to appropriations for army for more than one year, 305;
objects to power to buy forts, etc., 305;
moves to reconsider four articles, 306;
objects to powers given President, 307;
objects to less than majority electing President, 310;
suggests eventual election of President by six Senators and seven Representatives, 310;
seconds motion to permit Senate to choose President from three candidates, 311;
moves that electors be not office-holders, 312;
moves change of clause for re-electing President, 312;
moves that states vote for President in legislature with at least three members, 325;
withdraws motion, 325;
objects to Vice-President being President of Senate, 326;
thinks President will not be responsible for his appointments, 328;
thinks treaties of peace must be carefully guarded, 330;
thinks it dangerous to put too much power in Senate, 333;
moves two-thirds vote of Senate for treaties, 333;
seconds motion for majority for treaties of whole number of Senators, 334;
proposes that notice of treaties to Senators be required, 334;
moves no appointments be allowed except as authorized by law, 335;
thinks impeachability of President should be extended, 335;
moves legislature have sole right to create offices, 338;
moves reconsideration of provision for amendments, 339;
seconds motion for states' consent to amendments, 341;
moves sanction of old Congress to constitution be asked, 342;
thinks ratification should be made difficult, 344, 346;
seconds a plan of ratification, 345;
favors two-thirds vote to override President's negative, 362;
urges clause requiring jury trials, 363;
moves bill of rights be prepared, 364;
moves that all proceedings of House be published, 370;
approves prohibition of ex post facto laws, 375;
moves liberty of press be guaranteed, 375;
seconds motion for annual publication of accounts, 376;
moves prohibition of violation of contracts, 377;
moves jury trial be preserved in civil cases, 384;
moves verbal amendment relative to admission of states, 384;
moves convention be required to make amendments, 385;
favors a second constitutional convention, 388;
defends action in not signing constitution, 395;
refuses to sign, 398.
Gilman, Nicholas, N. H., attends convention, ii., 29;
Pierce's sketch of, 29, n.
Gorham, Nathaniel, Mass., attends convention, i., 5;
elected chairman of committee of the whole, 32;
favors national payment of Representatives, 210;
Pierce's sketch of, 210, n.;
opposed to ineligibility of Representatives to other offices, 214;
favors compromise on representation, 232;
opposes readjustment of land cession, 233;
favors four years' term for Senators, 236;
moves six years' term and rotation for Senators, 237;
thinks small states equally interested with large states in union, 262;
favors representation by population, 305;
on committee to arrange representation, 307;
defends report on representation, 319;
thinks standard of representation should be fixed, 334;
favors population as basis of representation, 339;
opposes defining legislature's powers, 366;
favors appointment of judges by Senate, 384;
favors appointment of judges by the people, 385;
favors appointment of judges by executive, 386;
moves appointment of judges by executive with consent of Senate, 387;
favors institution of inferior judicial tribunals, 389;
favors power to suppress insurrections, 391;
opposes inclusion of judiciary in revisionary power, ii., 18, 24;
thinks oath of allegiance no bar to amendments to constitution, 30;
opposed to ratification of constitution by legislatures, 33;
favors two Senators from each state, 37;
on committee to report constitution, 48;
favors prohibition of national capital at state capital, 66;
thinks constitution should fix time of meeting of legislature, 93;
favors voting by non-freeholders, 106;
thinks the new government will not last, 112;
thinks Senate should not originate money bills, 115;
thinks mode of electing Representatives should not be left to state legislatures, 126;
thinks less than a majority may be a quorum of legislature, 132;
thinks yeas and nays need not be required, 136;
thinks provision concerning citizenship need not be retroactive, 146;
thinks Senate should be paid more than House, 170;
insists that money bills originate in House, 171;
urges necessity for action, 211;
opposes power to emit bills of credit, 181, 182;
moves appointment of treasurer by joint ballot of legislature, 183;
favors national support of army, 194;
thinks adjustment of debts may be left to national legislature, 210;
thinks union only of commercial advantage, 225;
suggests difficulties of ratifying treaties by legislature, 239;
thinks treaties should be negotiated in this country, 241;
doubts if judiciary can impartially decide controversies between states, 242;
favors election of executive by joint ballot of legislature, 242;
seconds motion to extend period of slave trade, 250;
thinks duty on slaves may discourage importation, 252;
thinks precaution against discrimination in ports of entry unnecessary, 253;
on committee of August 25, 254;
thinks prohibition of paper money dangerous, 262;
favors article providing for validity of state acts, 267;
on committee on interstate acts, 268;
thinks New England's motive for union dependent on commercial arrangements, 273;
favors convention for ratification, 287;
thinks vessels should not be obliged to enter and clear in their own states, 291;
thinks members of legislature may be eligible to other offices, 295;
thinks majority of Senate may elect President, 318;
thinks separate provision for treaties of peace unnecessary, 330;
thinks treaties need not require two-thirds of Senate, 334;
opposes conditional ratification, 343;
thinks jury question need not be included, 363;
objects to state export duties, 365;
thinks legislature should choose treasurer, 371;
thinks provision as to jury trials unnecessary, 384;
urges additional representation, 392.
Grayson, William, to Madison, i., 5, n.;
to Monroe, 32, n.
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