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546
HISTORY OF MARYLAND
constitution contrary to their decision to determine the^ whole and not on parts ; and that
by agreeing to a number of amendments they would give an advantage to the opponents of
the government, who would represent that its friends admitted that it was greatly defective,
and wanted essential amendments, and that from such concessions they would urge the
people to believe that the convention ought not to have ratified the constitution unless the
alterations were previously made or annexed as a condition to the ratification; that if the
great majority of the convention in this State who had ratified the government, should
admit it to be so very defective, and to want such material amendments, and sliould publish them to the world, it might produce bad consequences in Virginia and the other States
who had not ratified, where the opponents of the government might be equal or nearly
equal in number to its friends; and that policy required that the members who had voted
for the ratification, should set their faces against any amendment."
After the remarks of William Paca, a vote of thanks to the president was
passed, and after signing the following document, the convention adjourned
"without day."
" In Convention of the Delegates of ihe People of the State of Maryland, 28th April, 1788.
" We, the delegates of the people of the State of Maryland, having fully considered
the Constitution of the United States of America, reported to Congress by the Convention
of Deputies from the United States of America, held in Philadelphia on the 17th day of
September, in the year 1787, of which the annexed is a copy, and submitted to us by a
resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, in November session, 1787, do, for ourselves, and in the name and on behalf of the people of this State, assent to and ratify
the said constitution.
" In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
Richard Barnes,
Charles Chilton,
N. Lewis Sewall,
William Tilghman,
Donaldson Yeates,
Isaac Perkins,
William Granger,
Joseph Wilkinson,
Charles Graham,
Daniel Sullivan,
James Shaw,
Joseph Gilpin,
H. Hollingsworth,
James Gordon Heron,
Samuel E\rans,
Fielder Bowie,
Osborne Sprigg,
Benjamin Hall,
John Chesley, Jr.
William Smith,
G. R. Brown,
George Plater, President.
J. Parnham,
Zeph. Turner,
Michael Jenifer Stone,
R. Goldsborough, Jr.,
Edward Lloyd,
John Stephens,
George Gale,
Henry Waggaman,
John Stewart,
John Gale,
N. Hammond,
Abraham Few,
William Paca,
J. Richardson,
William Richardson,
Matt. Driver,
Peter Edmondson,
James McHenry,
John Coulter,
Gaorge Digges,
[Attest:]
Nicholas Carrole,
Alexander C. Hanson,
James Tilghman,
John Seney,
James Holliday,
William Helmsley,
Peter Chaille,
James Martin,
William Morris,
John Done,
Thomas Johnson,
Thomas Sim Lee,
Richard Potts,
Thomas Sprigg,
John Stull,
Moses Rawlings,
Henry Shryock,
Thomas Cramphin,
Richard Thomas,
William Deakins, Jr.
Benjamin Edwards.
William Harwood, Clerk.1
1 See Maryland Gazette of May 1 and May 15,1788 ; also, Elliott's Debates, ii., p. 547.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000589 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 546 HISTORY OF MARYLAND constitution contrary to their decision to determine the^ whole and not on parts ; and that by agreeing to a number of amendments they would give an advantage to the opponents of the government, who would represent that its friends admitted that it was greatly defective, and wanted essential amendments, and that from such concessions they would urge the people to believe that the convention ought not to have ratified the constitution unless the alterations were previously made or annexed as a condition to the ratification; that if the great majority of the convention in this State who had ratified the government, should admit it to be so very defective, and to want such material amendments, and sliould publish them to the world, it might produce bad consequences in Virginia and the other States who had not ratified, where the opponents of the government might be equal or nearly equal in number to its friends; and that policy required that the members who had voted for the ratification, should set their faces against any amendment." After the remarks of William Paca, a vote of thanks to the president was passed, and after signing the following document, the convention adjourned "without day." " In Convention of the Delegates of ihe People of the State of Maryland, 28th April, 1788. " We, the delegates of the people of the State of Maryland, having fully considered the Constitution of the United States of America, reported to Congress by the Convention of Deputies from the United States of America, held in Philadelphia on the 17th day of September, in the year 1787, of which the annexed is a copy, and submitted to us by a resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, in November session, 1787, do, for ourselves, and in the name and on behalf of the people of this State, assent to and ratify the said constitution. " In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. Richard Barnes, Charles Chilton, N. Lewis Sewall, William Tilghman, Donaldson Yeates, Isaac Perkins, William Granger, Joseph Wilkinson, Charles Graham, Daniel Sullivan, James Shaw, Joseph Gilpin, H. Hollingsworth, James Gordon Heron, Samuel E\rans, Fielder Bowie, Osborne Sprigg, Benjamin Hall, John Chesley, Jr. William Smith, G. R. Brown, George Plater, President. J. Parnham, Zeph. Turner, Michael Jenifer Stone, R. Goldsborough, Jr., Edward Lloyd, John Stephens, George Gale, Henry Waggaman, John Stewart, John Gale, N. Hammond, Abraham Few, William Paca, J. Richardson, William Richardson, Matt. Driver, Peter Edmondson, James McHenry, John Coulter, Gaorge Digges, [Attest:] Nicholas Carrole, Alexander C. Hanson, James Tilghman, John Seney, James Holliday, William Helmsley, Peter Chaille, James Martin, William Morris, John Done, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Sim Lee, Richard Potts, Thomas Sprigg, John Stull, Moses Rawlings, Henry Shryock, Thomas Cramphin, Richard Thomas, William Deakins, Jr. Benjamin Edwards. William Harwood, Clerk.1 1 See Maryland Gazette of May 1 and May 15,1788 ; also, Elliott's Debates, ii., p. 547. |
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