The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . f appointed by the leaders. These inturn called for elections of various committees which became extra-legal governing bodies. At first these committees were in controlof the conservatives, and they shOY/ed no disposition to givethe radicals v;ho v/ere generally at this time the unfranchised)any voice in the control of the committees. Thus a contest devel-oped between the aristocratic conservatives and the unfranchisedradicj^ls as to whether the franchise should be extend^^d or no n^w legislation wa.« -passed on *he, subject, - they
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . f appointed by the leaders. These inturn called for elections of various committees which became extra-legal governing bodies. At first these committees were in controlof the conservatives, and they shOY/ed no disposition to givethe radicals v;ho v/ere generally at this time the unfranchised)any voice in the control of the committees. Thus a contest devel-oped between the aristocratic conservatives and the unfranchisedradicj^ls as to whether the franchise should be extend^^d or no n^w legislation wa.« -passed on *he, subject, - they tono de^inite conclusion. As ong as the conservatives were in abso-lute control, they decided agaist the unfranchised. However, astime went on, the strength of the radicals increased until theyhad absorbed i-^ractically all the conservatives who had not turned fl) Lincoln, OOn stitutional History of New York, I, )McKinley, Suffrage franchise in the :^ngli8h Colonies, 213.(3) Becker, Political Parties in the Province of IJew York, 15 loyalists fl). Thus the Convention was in control of the radicals, hntmoderated to some degree by the conservative element which theyhad absorbed. The extreme radicals were quick to seize the oppor-tunity to secure an extension of the franchise, and introduceda resolution that a mere freehold, of any value, would give a manthe franchise* If Morris had been in perfect accord with the rad-icals fee would have offered no opposition. Since he was stillsomewhat of an aristocrat with conservative policies, he offeredan amendment that the freehold must be at least worth twentypounds before a man could vote. This amendment vms adopted, andbecame part of Ihp Constitution (2). Morris made every effort to havo an article adopted,which recommended to future legislatures that they take effectualmeasures for abolishing domestic slavery, as soon as it could bedone consistently with public safety and the rights of nrivate?narties (3). He had the s
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