Article VI, Clause 1

All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Conſtitution, ſhall be as valid againſt the United States under this Conſtitution, as under the Confederation.

The paragraph prints Article VI, Clause 1 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.

The framers of this constitution appear to have been aware of such consequence by stipulating in article 6th, that all debts contracted, and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution- shall be valid against the United States under the new constitution, but there is no provision that the debts, etc., due to the United States, shall be valid or recoverable.

The paragraph names "article 6th" and reproduces most of the wording of its first clause on debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of the Constitution.

Article 6th. 1st clause read without any observation.

The journal records the reading of "Article 6th. 1st clause".

The first clause of the 6th article provides that “all debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States, under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.” He affirmed that it was meant there should be no change with respect to Claims by this political alteration; and that the public would stand, with respect to their…

The speaker says "The first clause of the 6th article provides that" and quotes its words on debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of the Constitution.

I conceive that our engagements with foreign nations are not at all affected by this system; for the 6th article expressly provides that “all debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.” Does this system, then, cancel debts due to or from the continent?

The speaker names "the 6th article" and quotes its provision on debts and engagements entered into before the adoption of the Constitution.