The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 1Madison, James
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The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 1
Madison, James
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6. Res^d that all Acts of the U. States in Cong^s made by virtue
& in pursuance of the powers hereby & by the Articles of
Confederation vested in them, and all Treaties made & ratified
under the authority of the U. States shall be the supreme law of
the respective States so far forth as those Acts or Treaties
shall relate to the said States or their Citizens, and that the
Judiciary of the several States shall be bound thereby in their
decisions any thing in the respective laws of the Individual
States to the Contrary notwithstanding: and that if any State,
or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent y^e
carrying into execution such acts or treaties, the federal
Executive shall be authorized to call forth y^e power of the
Confederated States, or so much thereof as may be necessary to
enforce and compel an Obedience to such Acts, or an observance
of such Treaties.
7. Res^d that provision be made for the admission of new States
into the Union.
8. Res^d that the rule for naturalization ought to be same in
every State.
9. Res^d that a Citizen of one State committing an offence in
another State of the Union, shall be deemed guilty of the same
offence as if it had been committed by a Citizen of the State in
which the offence was committed.[86]
[86] This copy of M^r Patterson's propositions varies in
a few clauses from that in the printed Journal
furnished from the papers of M^r Brearley a
colleague of M^r Patterson. A confidence is felt,
notwithstanding, in its accuracy. That the copy in
the Journal is not entirely correct is shewn by the
ensuing speech of M^r Wilson (June 16) in which he
refers to the mode of removing the Executive by
impeachment & conviction as a feature in the Virg^a
plan forming one of its contrasts to that of M^r
Patterson, which proposed a removal on the
application of a majority of the Executives of the
States. In the copy printed in the Journal, the two
modes are combined in the same clause; whether
through inadvertence, or as a contemplated
amendment, does not appear.--Madison's Note.
The Journal contains: "6. Resolved, that the
legislative, executive, and judiciary powers within
the several states, ought to be bound, by oath, to
support the articles of union," and "9. Resolved,
that provision ought to be made for hearing and
deciding upon all disputes arising between the
United States and an individual state, respecting
territory."--_Journal of the Federal Convention_,
126.
Adjourned.
SATURDAY JUNE 16. IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
on Resolutions propos^d by M^r P. & M^r R.
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