M^r Madison observed that such a mode would destroy the influence of the smaller States associated with larger ones in the same district; as the latter would chuse from within themselves, altho' better men might be found in the former. The election of Senators in Virg^a where large & small counties were often formed into one district for the purpose, had illustrated this consequence. Local partiality, would often prefer a resident within the County or State, to a candidate of superior merit residing out of it. Less merit also in a resident would be more known throughout his own State.[45] [45] "M^r Butler moved to have the proposition relating to the first branch postponed, in order to take up another,--which was that the second branch of the Legislature consist of blank. "M^r King objected to the postponement for the reasons which he had offered before."--Pierce's Notes, _Id._, iii., 319. M^r Sherman favored an election of one member by each of the State Legislatures.[46] [46] According to Pierce, Mason spoke after Sherman, and Pinckney's motion is given more fully by Pierce than by Madison. "M^r Mason was of opinion that it would be highly improper to draw the Senate out of the first branch; that it would occasion vacancies which would cost much time, trouble, and expense to have filled up,--besides which it would make the members too dependent on the first branch. "M^r Ch^s Pinckney said he meant to propose to divide the Continent into four Divisions, out of which a certain number of persons sh^d be nominated, and out of that nomination to appoint a senate."--Pierce's Notes, _Amer. Hist. Rev._, iii., 319. M^r Pinkney moved to strike out the "nomination by the State Legislatures;" on this question. [47]Mass^{ts} no. Con^t no. N. Y. no. N. J. no. Pen^a no. Del. div^d V^a no. N. C. no. S. C. no. Georg no. [47] This question is omitted in the printed Journal, & the votes applied to the succeeding one, instead of the votes as here stated.--Madison's Note. On the whole question for electing by the first branch out of nominations by the State Legislatures, Mass. ay. Con^t no. N. Y. no. N. Jersey, no. Pen^a no. Del. no. Virg^a ay. N. C. no. S. C. ay. G^a no. So the clause was disagreed to & a chasm left in this part of the plan. The sixth Resolution stating the cases in which the national Legislature ought to legislate was next taken into discussion: On the question whether each branch sh^d originate laws, there was an unanimous affirmative without debate. On the question for transferring all the Legislative power of the existing Cong^s to this Assembly, there was also a silent affirmative nem. con. On the proposition for giving "Legislative power in all cases to which the State Legislatures were individually incompetent,"