[17] "Entre nous. I believe the Eastern people have taken ground they will not depart from respecting the Convention.--One legislature composed of a lower-house triennially elected and an _Executive & Senate_ for a good number of years.--I shall see Gerry & Johnson, as they pass & may perhaps give you a hint."--William Grayson to Madison, New York, May 24, 1787, _Mad. MSS._ M^r Wythe[18] from the Committee for preparing rules made a report which employed the deliberations of this day. [18] "M^r Wythe is the famous Professor of Law at the University of William and Mary. He is confessedly one of the most learned legal Characters of the present age. From his close attention to the study of general learning he has acquired a compleat knowledge of the dead languages and all the sciences. He is remarked for his exemplary life, and universally esteemed for his good principles. No Man it is said understands the history of Government better than M^r Wythe,--nor any one who understands the fluctuating condition to which all societies are liable better than he does, yet from his too favorable opinion of Men, he is no great politician. He is a neat and pleasing Speaker, and a most correct and able Writer. Mr. Wythe is about 55 years of age."--Pierce's Notes, _Am. Hist. Rev._, iii., 331. M^r King[19] objected to one of the rules in the Report authorizing any member to call for the yeas & nays and have them entered on the minutes. He urged that as the acts of the Convention were not to bind the Constituents, it was unnecessary to exhibit this evidence of the votes; and improper as changes of opinion would be frequent in the course of the business & would fill the minutes with contradictions.