The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . the fix-ed minds of the delegates, anci because of the substance of thespeech, containing,as it did, some of Morris most disrelishedideas f4). Although Morris often did subordinate his own viewsand plead for harmony ana disinterestodness, Madison was right insaying that this was not one of those times. Morris had been ab-sent during the consideration of the Virginia plan; therefore heused this time to sketch over the whole plan of government andto express his own views. He based his ideas on the need of stabil-ity and permanence in govern ,ent
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . the fix-ed minds of the delegates, anci because of the substance of thespeech, containing,as it did, some of Morris most disrelishedideas f4). Although Morris often did subordinate his own viewsand plead for harmony ana disinterestodness, Madison was right insaying that this was not one of those times. Morris had been ab-sent during the consideration of the Virginia plan; therefore heused this time to sketch over the whole plan of government andto express his own views. He based his ideas on the need of stabil-ity and permanence in govern ,ent, and also on the need of combatingthe vices, which he believed inherent in every human, with othervices* He urged sn aristocratic Senate, holding office during life,in order to separate the aristocratic interest and oppose it to thedemocratic interest as represented in the more popular lower also contended that the Executive should appoint the Senate . (1) Barrand, I, 516. (2) Ibid, I, 511,. iZ>) Ibid, III, 498.(i) -^bid, III, 500. i. _^ 48 Since imder this plan the Senators would lose all state attachmentsand could be taken froin any nlaoe, it would do away v/ith the needof determining a ratio for representation. Recurring to the ideathat no inan was honest, he said that there would he no need to pay the Senators as they would pay themselves. He also said that theConstitution could be forced on the people by bribing the popularleaders with office. Such a speech could do little to settle theimmediate dificulty since it was neither directly on the rtoint, inor was it a popular speech, fundamentally the speech was good be- bause it urged those essentials of a good government, stability andpermanence. Morris said, A firm government alone can protect ourlibertiesfl), V/hen the Grand Committee of one from each state was ap-pointed, its tiersonnel indicated that equal suffrage would win theday. Gerry from Massachusetts, franklin from Pennsylvania, Davyfrom North Carolina
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