...for the common defence should be defrayed out of a common treasury, supplied by the several states " in proportion to the whole number of white and other...description, except Indians not paying taxes in each State."* * The history of this amendment is somewhat curious. The original report of the committee on the subject...

...as the rule of proportion.2 1 March 20, 1783. Journals, VIII. 157-159. 8 The census was to be of " the whole number of white and other free citizens...those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians, not...

...embraced the black population. It was then proposed by Judge Wilson, of Pennsylvania, that it should be " in proportion to the whole number of white and other...including those bound to servitude for a term of years, ana three-fifths of all other persons, except Indians not paying taxes." This was followed by a proposition...

...&c., ' shall be defrayed out of the common treasury, ' which shall be supplied by the several States, in ' proportion to the whole number of white and '...and inhabitants of every age, ' sex, and condition," &c. Here it is acknowledged expressly that there were other free citizens besides white citizens. If...

...by Mr. RUTLEDGE, seconded by Mr. BtTTLER, to add to the words " equitable ratio of representation," at the end of the motion just agreed to, the words...those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not...

...established in the Articles of Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, viz. : in proportion to the whole number of white and other....except Indians, not paying taxes, in each State. ' 8th. That the right of suffrage in the second branch of the National Legislature ' (meaning the Senate)...

...equitable ratio of representation, viz. : in proportion to the whole number of white and other five citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex and condition,...description, except Indians, not paying taxes, in each State. ' 8th. That the right of suffrage in the second branch of the National Legislature ' (meaning the Senate)...

...to be proposed to the States, providing that the quotas of the several States should be supplied " in proportion to the whole number of white and other...those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not...

...subject, to be proposed to the States, providing that the quotas of the several States should be supplied "in proportion to the whole number of white and other...those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not...

...in the articles of confederation, but according to some equitable rate of representation ; namely, in proportion to the whole number of white, and other...description, except Indians not paying taxes, in each State. " 8. That the right of suffrage in the second branch of the national legislature ought to be according...