Project Gutenberg 2012-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 144 United States. Constitutional Convention (1787) United States. Federal Convention (1787) United States. Philadelphia Convention (1787) United States. Grand Convention at Philadelphia (1787) Constitutional Convention (U.S.) (1787) Federal Convention (U.S.) (1787) Grand Convention at Philadelphia (1787) Madison, James 1751 1836 United States President (1809-1817) Hunt, Gaillard 1862 1924 The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2 Produced by David Garcia, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States" as recorded by James Madison is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The work captures the discussions and arguments that took place during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, detailing the thoughts of the framers as they grappled with how to establish a new government for the young nation. This primary source serves as an essential document for understanding the principles behind the U.S. Constitution and the varying perspectives of its authors. The opening of this journal presents the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, focusing initially on discussions surrounding the structure and powers of the Executive branch. Notable figures such as Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and Elbridge Gerry express contrasting views on key issues such as the eligibility and election of the Executive, concerns about legislative influence, and the necessity of impeachment for maintaining checks and balances. The debates highlight the complexity of crafting a cohesive government framework and showcase the framers' urgent desire to create a system that could balance power while preventing tyranny, reflecting the diverse interests of the states and their representatives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Constitutional law -- United States Constitutions -- United States United States. Constitution KF Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology 1456542 1456497 2024-09-17T09:47:06.434644 2023-09-18T04:57:38.575052 text/html text/html 1414889 2013-03-19T13:54:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 339820 2013-03-19T13:55:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 478505 2024-09-17T09:47:43.698909 application/epub+zip 500159 2024-09-17T09:47:16.758547 application/epub+zip 476802 2024-09-17T09:47:11.820594 application/epub+zip 1214325 2024-09-17T09:47:57.042870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1234797 2024-09-17T09:47:37.138130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1008212 2022-09-18T18:42:03.048117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 976374 976154 2024-09-17T09:47:00.463652 2023-09-18T04:57:32.729974 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 976039 2012-10-17T13:37:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 297076 2012-10-17T13:38:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 976031 2012-10-17T13:37:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 297060 2012-10-17T13:38:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22057 2024-09-17T09:47:57.231835 application/rdf+xml 28065 2024-09-17T09:47:12.643578 image/jpeg 4887 2024-09-17T09:47:12.232571 image/jpeg 447905 2024-09-17T09:47:06.518597 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia