Volume I Part 47 (1/2)

[1152] Elliott, iii, 1.

[1153] _Ib._, 5-6; also, Journal of the Convention, 7-11.

[1154] Grigsby, i, 69-70. In the descriptions of the dress, manners, and appearance of those who took part in the debate, Grigsby's account has been followed. Grigsby took infinite pains and gave many years to the gathering and verifying of data on these picturesque subjects; he was personally intimate with a large number of the immediate descendants of the members of the Convention and with a few who were eye-witnesses; and his reconstruction of the scenes in the Convention is believed to be entirely accurate.

[1155] Elliott, iii, 3.

[1156] Mason's clause-to-clause resolve was, ”contrary to his expectations, concurred in by the other side.” (Madison to Was.h.i.+ngton, June 4, 1788; _Writings_: Hunt, v, footnote to 124.) And see Was.h.i.+ngton's gleeful report to the New York Const.i.tutionalists of Mason's error: ”This [Mason's resolve] was as unexpected as acceptable to the federalists, and their ready acquiescence seems to have somewhat startled the opposite side for fear they had committed themselves.”

(Was.h.i.+ngton to Jay, June 8, 1788; _Writings_: Ford, xi, 271.)

[1157] Elliott, iii, 4.

[1158] Grigsby, i, 77.

[1159] For a discussion of this tactical blunder of the opponents of the Const.i.tution, see Grigsby, i, 72.

[1160] Elliott, iii, 4.

[1161] Grigsby, i, 75.

[1162] Elliott, iii, 6.

[1163] _Ib._

[1164] Grigsby, i, 77.

[1165] _Ib._, 79.

[1166] _Ib._, 78, 79, 140, 141, 246, 247.

[1167] Elliott, iii, 7-21.

[1168] Grigsby, i, 76.

[1169] Elliott, iii, 21-23.

[1170] Grigsby, i, 83-84.

[1171] Madison was the real designer of the Virginia plan. (Rives, ii, chap. xxvii.)

[1172] This was the point Was.h.i.+ngton had made to Randolph. It is interesting that, throughout the debate, Randolph, over and over again, used almost the exact language of Was.h.i.+ngton's letter.

[1173] Elliott, iii, 23-29. Randolph's speech was apologetic for his change of heart. He was not ”a candidate for popularity”: he had ”satisfied his conscience,” etc.

[1174] Madison to Was.h.i.+ngton, June 4, 1788; _Writings_: Hunt, v, 124.

[1175] Jefferson to Short, Sept. 20, 1788; quoting a private letter from Virginia of July 12; _Works_: Ford, v, 431.

[1176] Was.h.i.+ngton to Jay, June 8, 1788; _Writings_: Ford, xi, 271.