...treaties among the whole or part of the States, as individual sovereignties, would be sufficient. 3. that a national government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive & Judiciary. The third proposition provoked objections from two of the South...

...authority of the recommendation of Congress. The first resolution postponed to take up the 3d. viz. — imagination, must be hazarded with great diffidence....general conclusion, requires many observations, even 1787, 21 Febry. Resolution of Congress Resolved that in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that...

...of the States as sovereign, will accomplish or secure their common defence, liberty, or welfare. 3. Resolved, That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme judicial, legislative, and executive. As Yates explains matters, another delegate objected at that...

...government. The heart of the Virginia Plan was contained in a resolution that Randolph proposed on May 30 "that a national government ought to be established...supreme legislature, judiciary, and executive." The words national and supreme left no doubt about the proposal's sweep. To accept it was bold but to reject...