Article VII, Clause 1

Suppoſe nine States ſhould nevertheleſs adopt it, would you not in that caſe be obliged either to ſeparate from the Union, or reſcind your diſſent?

The paragraph supposes that "nine States" adopt the plan, the number named in Article VII; the article is not named or numbered.

You also agreed to the clause that declares nine States to be sufficient to put the government in motion.* These are among the greater positive virtues you exhibited in the Convention ; but it would be doing you injustice were I to omit those of a negative nature.

Names "the clause that declares nine States to be sufficient to put the government in motion"; this is the only clause that sets the number of ratifying states.

On examining the first relation, it appears, on one hand, that the Constitution is to be founded on the assent and ratification of the people of America, given by deputies elected for the special purpose; but, on the other, that this assent and ratification is to be given by the people, not as individuals composing one entire nation, but as composing the distinct and…

Describes the Constitution's ratification by "deputies elected for the special purpose," echoing the word "ratification" of this article. Low because the paragraph describes the mode of ratification without naming the seventh article.

Instead of reporting a plan requiring the confirmation OF THE LEGISLATURES OF ALL THE STATES, they have reported a plan which is to be confirmed by the PEOPLE, and may be carried into effect by NINE STATES ONLY.

Says the plan "may be carried into effect by NINE STATES ONLY," naming the number of ratifying States set in this article.

What relation is to subsist between the nine or more States ratifying the Constitution, and the remaining few who do not become parties to it?

Continues the discussion of the article quoted at the end of the previous paragraph, naming "the nine or more States ratifying the Constitution."

But this newly proposed form is founded in injustice, as it proposes that a fictitious consent of only nine states shall be sufficient to establish it.

The paragraph names the provision that the consent of nine states is sufficient to establish the Constitution, which is Article VII.

The firſt appearance of the article which declares the ratification of nine ſtates ſufficient for the eſtabliſhment of the new ſyſtem, wears the face of diſſention, is a ſubverſion of the union of the conſederated ſtates, and tends to the introduction of anarchy and civil convulſions,— and may be a…

The paragraph identifies the article declaring "the ratification of nine states sufficient for the establishment of the new system"; it gives no article number, but only Article VII says this.

But the Landholder also says that " I agreed to the clause that declares nine states to be sufficient to put the government in motion." I cannot take to myself the merit even of this without too great a sacrifice of truth.

The paragraph names "the clause that declares nine states to be sufficient", which only the ratification clause of Article VII fits.

The seventh article, which is in these words, “The ratifications of the Conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same,” is so flagrant a violation of the public faith of these states, so solemnly pledged to each other in the Confederation, as makes me tremble to reflect upon; for,…

The speaker names "the seventh article" and quotes it in full; the passage has "ratifications" where the clause has "Ratification".

The 7th article read without any objection against it.

The journal records the reading of "The 7th article".

We find that the ratification of nine states shall be sufficient for its establishment between the states so ratifying the same.

Lancaster restates the clause on ratification by nine states, calling it "this last article of the Constitution".

That article 7th be numbered as article 8th.

The proposal names Article VII by number; Article VII has a single clause.

The last article of the Constitution is, that ' the latificaiion of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same." These conventions are bodies raised oikder the Constitution, by which no quorum is provided, and, under the construction contended for, must mean the whole bodies by which it has…

The paragraph quotes "the last article of the Constitution": "the ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same."

In the very last article of the Constitution it is declared that the ratification by the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.

The paragraph gives what "the very last article of the Constitution" declares: "the ratification by the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution between the States so ratifying the same" (the article has "this Constitution").

…of the Constitution required the consent of all the States, or, m other words, the States that did not agree to it were not to be bound by it, because in ai tide seven of the Constitution it is expressly declared that all the States agreeingto it should be bound by it.

The paragraph names "article seven of the Constitution" ("ai tide" is an OCR misreading).

I lead m the Constitution itself that" the ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same." Does the gentleman still contend that the provisions of the Constitution ratified by nine States would have been binding upon the thirteen?

The paragraph quotes Article VII.

It is true the clause of the Constitution quoted by my colleague declares that none but the States adopting it would be bound by it.

The paragraph names "the clause of the Constitution quoted by my colleague" on the nine ratifying States, which is Article VII.

He says that nme of the thirteen original colonies adopted the Constitution, and by the very terms of it it was binding only on the nine.

The paragraph says the Constitution "by the very terms of it" was binding only on the nine States that adopted it, and calls it "this clause", which is Article VII.

What is very singular, is that the last article of the present Constitution reads thus:

The paragraph names "the last article of the present Constitution", which the next paragraph quotes.

'•'The ratification of th* conventions of nine States shall he snfueient foi the establishment of this Constitution between the States, so ratitjmg the same."

The paragraph quotes Article VII, named in the paragraph before as "the last article of the present Constitution".

…the last article of the first Constitution, which required that any amendment should be sanctioned by every State in the Union before it became a part of the Constitution; but under this article of the present Constitution, when nine States had ratified it, it should be established as the Government of those nine States.

The paragraph names "this article of the present Constitution" on ratification by nine States, which is Article VII.

The Constitution itself said that whenever it was ratified by nine out of the thirteen States it should be binding, not upon the thirteen, but only upon the nine.

The paragraph says "the Constitution itself said that whenever it was ratified by nine out of the thirteen States it should be binding" on the nine, which is Article VII.

…had agreed to the Constitution and Pennsylvania had not agreed to it, Pennsylvania would not have been apart ofthe Government; and that was provided for in the Constitution itself, for the very last provision of the Constitution is that—

The paragraph names "the very last provision of the Constitution", Article VII, which the next paragraph quotes.

the ratification of the conventions of nine States shall bo sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same."

The paragraph quotes Article VII in full, introduced in the previous paragraph as "the very last provision of the Constitution".

I find that the Constitution merely refers to "conventions." When the Constitution was first submitted for ratification it was submitted by the seventh article to conventions, not saying how they should be chosen, implying of course that they should be chosen by the laws of the State.

The paragraph cites "the seventh article" of the Constitution, by which it was submitted to conventions for ratification.

Article VII of the Constitution provided that the instrument should go into effect when ratified by nine States.

The inserted statement cites Article VII of the Constitution by number and names its provision for ratification by nine States.

It provided that 9 of the 13 States should adopt it or ratify it before it could become effective.

The paragraph says the Constitution provided that nine States should ratify it before it became effective, which is Article VII.