[ [10] The object was to lessen the eagerness on one side, & the opposition on the other, to the share of representation claimed by the S. States on account of the Negroes.–Madison's Note.
On a ballot for a Committee to report a Constitution conformable to the Resolutions passed by the Convention, the members chosen were
Mr Rutlidge, Mr Randolph, Mr Ghorum, Mr Elseworth, Mr Wilson—
On motion to discharge the Come of the whole from the propositions submitted to the Convention by Mr C. Pinkney as the basis of a constitution, and to refer them to the Committee of detail just appointed, it was agd to nem: con.
A like motion was then made & agreed to nem: con: with respect to the propositions of Mr Patterson.
Adjourned.
Wednesday July 25. In Convention
Clause relating to the Executive being again under consideration [11]
[ [11] "Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born citizen."–John Jay to Washington, July 25, 1787 (Wash. MSS.).