 | United States - 1849 - 606 pages
...Gouverneur Morris, in convention, thought property ought to be a qualification, because he " thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as to secure to the Atlantic itates a prevalence in the national councils." " Provision ought to be made to prevent the maritime... | |
 | United States - 1849 - 604 pages
...Gouverneur Morris, in convention, thought property ought to be a qualification, because he " thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as to secure to the Atlantic »tales a prevalence in the national councils." " Provision ought to be made to prevent the maritime... | |
 | George Tucker - History - 1856 - 672 pages
...hereafter be formed in the^West. This was first noticed in the convention by Gouverneur Morris, who thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed as to secure to the Atlantic States a predominance in the National Council. A part of the Massachusetts delegation, and of that from South... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 676 pages
...looked forward, also, to that range of new states which would soon be formed in the West. He thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as...Atlantic States a prevalence in the national councils. Tlie new states will know less of the public interest than these ; will have an interest in many respects... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1868 - 424 pages
...against it f and he also declared that " he thought the rule of- rep resentation in the first branch ought to be so fixed as to secure to the Atlantic. States the prevalence in the national councils." This hint was immediately taken by Mr. King and Mr. Gerry,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1882 - 532 pages
...only renounced for the sake of property. A rane of new states will soon be formed in the West. B - The rule of representation ought to be so fixed as...Atlantic states a prevalence in the national councils." ' Rutledge repeated : " Property is certainly the principal object of society." " If numbers should... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...was only renounced for the sake of property. A range of new states will soon be formed in the West. The rule of representation ought to be so fixed as...Atlantic states a prevalence in the national councils." Rutledge repeated : " Property is certainly the principal object of society. If numbers should be the... | |
 | Nebraska State Historical Society - Nebraska - 1917 - 496 pages
...Johnson into the debate. Gouverneur Morris had said in the constitutional convention of 1787, that The rule of representation ought to be so fixed as...national councils. The new states will know less of public interest than these ; will have an interest in many respects different ; in particular will... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1885 - 616 pages
...was only renounced for the sake of property. A range of new states will soon be formed in the West. The rule of representation ought to be so fixed as...Atlantic states a prevalence in the national councils." Rutledge repeated : " Property is certainly the principal object of society. If numbers should be the... | |
 | Roger Foster - Constitutional history - 1895 - 730 pages
...looked forward, also, to that range of new states which would soon be formed in the West. He thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as...in many respects different ; in particular, will be less scrupulous of involving the community in wars, the burdens and operations of which would fall... | |
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He thought the rule of representation ought to be so fixed, as to secure to the Atlantic States a prevalence in the national councils. 
