M^r Gerry thought the Executive, whilst standing alone w^d be more impartial than when he c^d be covered by the sanction & seduced by the sophistry of the Judges. M^r King. If the Unity of the Executive was preferred for the sake of responsibility, the policy of it is as applicable to the revisionary as to the executive power. M^r Pinkney had been at first in favor of joining the heads of the principal departm^{ts} the Secretary at War, of foreign affairs &c.--in the council of revision. He had however relinquished the idea from a consideration that these could be called on by the Executive Magistrate whenever he pleased to consult them. He was opposed to the introduction of the Judges into the business. Col. Mason was for giving all possible weight to the revisionary institution. The Executive power ought to be well secured ag^{st} Legislative usurpations on it. The purse & the sword ought never to get into the same hands whether Legislative or Executive. M^r Dickinson. Secrecy, vigor & despatch are not the principal properties req^d in the Executive. Important as these are, that of responsibility is more so, which can only be preserved; by leaving it singly to discharge its functions. He thought too a junction of the Judiciary to it, involved an improper mixture of powers. M^r Wilson remarked, that the responsibility required belonged to his Executive duties. The revisionary duty was an extraneous one, calculated for collateral purposes. M^r Williamson, was for substituting a clause requiring 2/3 for every effective act of the Legislature, in place of the revisionary provision. On the question for joining the Judges to the Executive in the revisionary business, Mass. no. Con^t ay. N. Y. ay. N. J. no. P^a no. Del. no. M^d no. V^a ay. N. C. no. S. C. no. Geo. no. M^r Pinkney gave notice that tomorrow he should move for the reconsideration of that clause in the sixth Resolution adopted by the Comm^e which vests a negative in the National Legislature on the laws of the several States. The Com^e rose & the House adj^d to 11 OC. THURSDAY JUNE 7^{TH} 1787--IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE M^r Pinkney according to notice moved to reconsider the clause respecting the negative on State laws, which was agreed to, and tomorrow for fixed the purpose. The Clause providing for y^e appointment of the 2^d branch of the national Legislature, having lain blank since the last vote on the mode of electing it, to wit, by the 1^{st} branch, M^r Dickinson now moved "that the members of the 2^d branch ought to be chosen by the individual Legislatures." M^r Sherman seconded the motion; observing that the particular States would thus become interested in supporting the National Govenm^t and that a due harmony between the two Governments would be maintained. He admitted that the two ought to have separate and distinct jurisdictions, but that they ought to have a mutual interest in supporting each other.