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 404 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Friday MADISON & support their usurpations by the influence of tax-gatherers & other officers, by fleets armies &c. Cabal & corruption are attached to that mode of election: so also is ineligibility a second time. Hence the Executive is interested in Court- ing popularity in the Legislature by sacrificing his Executive rights; & then he can go into that Body, after the expiration of his Executive Office, and enjoy there the fruits of his policy. To these considerations he added that rivals would be con- tinually intriguing to oust the President from his place. To guard against all these evils he moved that the President "shall be chosen by' Electors to be chosen by the people of the several States" Mr Carrol zded. him & on the question (it passed in the negative) N.H. no. Mss. no. Ct. ay. N--J--a 7. Pa. a 7. Del. a7. Md. no-- Va. ay. N-- C-- nora Sm C-- no Geo-- no. [Ayes -- 5; noes -- 6.] Mr. Dayton moved to postpone the consideration of the two last clauses of sect. I. art. X. which was disagreed to with- out a count of the States. Mr Broome moved to refer the two clauses to a Committee of a Member from each State. & on the question, (it failed the States being equally divided.) N-- H-- no-- Mss-- no. Ct. divd. N-- J-- ay. Pa. ay. Del. ay. Md. ay-- Va. a�. N-- C-- no. S.C. no-- Geo. no. [Ayes -- 5; noes -- 5; divided -- x.] On the question taken on the first part of Mr. Govr Morrls's Motion to wit "shall be chosen by electors" as an abstract question, (it failed the States being equally dlvided m) N--H--no. Mss. abst. Ct. divd. (N. Jersey ay)* Pa ay. Del. ay. Md. divd. Va ay-- N-- C-- no. S. C. no. Geo. no. [Ayes -- 4; noes -- 4; divided -- 2; absent -- I.] The consideration of the remaining clauses of sect . art X. was then posponed till tomorrow at the instance of the Deputies of New Jersey  Sect. . Art: X 0 being taken up. the word information was transposed & inserted after "Legislature" Taken from 0 Relatlng to the powers and dutles of the President.

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