On a motion that the members of the Committee be furnished with copies of the proceedings it was so determined; S. Carolina alone being in the negative. It was then moved that the members of the House might take copies of the Resolutions which had been agreed to; which passed in the negative. N. H. no. Mas. no. Con. ay. N. J. ay. P^a no. Del. ay. Mary^d no. V^a ay. N. C. ay. S. C. no. Geo. no. M^r Gerry & M^r Butler moved to refer the resolution relating to the Executive (except the clause making it consist of a single person) to the Co[~m]ittee of detail. M^r Wilson hoped that so important a branch of the System w^d not be committed untill a general principle sh^d be fixed by a vote of the House. M^r Langdon. was for the commitment--Adj^d. THURSDAY JULY. 26. IN CONVENTION.[12] [12] "The affairs of the federal government are, I believe, in the utmost confusion: The convention is an expedient that will produce a decisive effect. It will either recover us from our present embarrassments or complete our ruin; for I do suspect that if what they recommend sho^d be rejected this wo^d be the case. But I trust that the presence of Gen^l Washington will have great weight in the body itself so as to overawe & keep under the demon of party, & that the signature of his name to whatever act shall be the result of their deliberations will secure its passage thro' the union."--Monroe to Jefferson, July 27, 1787 (_Writings of Monroe_, i., 173).