...moved by Mr. King, seconded by Mr. Rutledge, to agree to the following resolution, namely, " Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the first •' branch of the national legislature ought not to be ac" cording to the rule established in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitable...

...moved as a previous question, that the sense of the committee be taken on the following question : That the right of suffrage in the first branch of...national legislature, ought not to be according to the rwe in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitalle ratio of representation. Gov....

...of the Union. 7. That the right of suffrage in' the first branch of tho national legislature, aught not to be according to the rule established in the...of confederation, but according to some equitable rate of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white, and other free citizens...

...these, the two resolutions which I have just read, as originally offered by Mr. Randolph, formed, in the report of the Committee of the Whole, the second and...established in the articles of confederation, but according j to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in pro- 1 portion to the whole number of white...

...of June, it was moved by Mr. Kingof Massachusetts, and seconded by Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina, " That the right of suffrage in the first branch of...not to be, according to the rule established in the artile States, as we have seen,] but The same day, along with several other amendment", of this resolution,...

...and seconded by Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina. •' That the right of suffrage in the first bfanch of the National Legislature, ought not to be according...rule established in the articles of Confederation ;" [the rule of equality among the States, as we have seen.] but according to some " equitable ratio...

...June, it was moved by Mr. King, of Massachusetts, and seconded by Mr. Rutlege, of South Carolina, " That the right of suffrage in the first branch of...according to some equitable ratio of representation." * For a part of the preceding statements, we are indebted to the very able " sketch of the laws of...

...moved, as a previous question, that the sense of the committee be taken on the following question : " That the right of suffrage, in the first branch of...legislature, ought not to be according to the rule in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation." Governor...

...the third resolution of Mr. Randolph, was revived by Mr. Wilson and Mr. King, and it was resolved, "that the right of suffrage in the first branch of...rule established in the articles of confederation," — that is, that the states ought not to have an equal vote, — " but according to sonic equitable...

...legislature, the articles of union, or any treaties subsisting under the authority of the Union. 7. Resolved, That the right of suffrage in the first branch of the national legislature ought not to be.according to the rule established in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitable...