. The new eclectic history of the United States . her in a convention toagree upon a much-needed system of commercial five States accepted the invitation, but their delegates atAnnapolis, in 1786, advised Congress to call a general assemblyto revise the Articles of Confederation. 314. The Constitutional Convention.—This body met in Phila-delphia, May 25, 1787, and in it were found delegates from allthe States excepting Rhode Island. Other nations have hadtheir forms of government gradually shaped by circumstancesthrough a course of centuries:—for the firsttime in the worlds hi
. The new eclectic history of the United States . her in a convention toagree upon a much-needed system of commercial five States accepted the invitation, but their delegates atAnnapolis, in 1786, advised Congress to call a general assemblyto revise the Articles of Confederation. 314. The Constitutional Convention.—This body met in Phila-delphia, May 25, 1787, and in it were found delegates from allthe States excepting Rhode Island. Other nations have hadtheir forms of government gradually shaped by circumstancesthrough a course of centuries:—for the firsttime in the worlds history four millions ofpeople were, by their representatives, tochoose a form of government for themselves. 315. Washington was President ofthe Convention, and with him satsome of the wisest and best states-men that America or the world hasknown. There was Franklin, nowmore than eighty years old, whohad done priceless service to hiscountry in England and France,and whose practical wisdom madehim one of the ablest framers of Costumes in i~ I9O HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. the Constitution; there was Robert Morris,1 who had raisedmoney by his own credit to carry on the war; there wereHamilton, and Livingston, and Madison, who by their studyof English law, had learned to apply broad principles of truthand justice to the needs of a free people. 316. Differences of Opinion.—It was soon found that there weremany parties in the convention. One desired only to mendthe weak places in the Confederation; the other, to make anew and strong government. The representatives of Virginiaand the larger States would have national officers elected by amajority of the people; those of New Jersey and the rest in-sisted that each State, whether great or small, should have anequal part in the general government. The former was calledthe National, the latter the Federal, plan. Some were in favorof three Presidents, each of whom would be a check upon theothers, lest any one should gain supreme
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