The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . d with t?ie Ilew York Cf^nstitutionwhen it was finally adopted, and one great cause of his dissatis-f&ction was that these councils deprived the executive of thevigor which he should have. He so expressed himself to Hamilton,who agreed with him in that particular. Morris interests in the Constitution were not confinedto the executive department, but v;ero equally distributed through-out the whole frame of government. It was he who invented theplan whereby delegates were elected to the Continental Congress(3).Each house was to nominate a -full
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . d with t?ie Ilew York Cf^nstitutionwhen it was finally adopted, and one great cause of his dissatis-f&ction was that these councils deprived the executive of thevigor which he should have. He so expressed himself to Hamilton,who agreed with him in that particular. Morris interests in the Constitution were not confinedto the executive department, but v;ero equally distributed through-out the whole frame of government. It was he who invented theplan whereby delegates were elected to the Continental Congress(3).Each house was to nominate a -full list of delegates, and those onboth lis*s were to be considered elected. TJhere the lists differ-ed, the selection v/as to be made by joint ballot. Morris did not the plan for the institution of the Council as it novv stands, and,after conversing on the subject, we agreed to bring it into theHouse the next day. (1) Lincoln^ Constitutional Eistory of New YSrk, I, 533. (2) Lincoln, ^onptitutional History of New York, I, 505. ! (3) Ibid, I, 14 believe in ;.ny especial restraints on the legislature, but urgedthat a simple majority should constitute a quorum (1). Although Morris has been called a redical at this per-iod, he is often found remaining true to his aristocratic is rell illustrated by the part he ^^layed in fixing the qual-ifications for suffrage. In the old colonial days a man had toown a freehold worth forty pounds before he was allowed to yote(2),nnd up to the r^evolution the unfranchised had exhibited no discon-^tent(3). About 1775 the Assembly, loyalist in tone, did notoffer opr)osition to Great Britain in the manner, v/hich the moreradical colonists desired; therefore the dissatisfied peoplebegan to take control of affairs into their ovna hands. Committeesof Gorrespi^ndence were self appointed by the leaders. These inturn called for elections of various committees which became extra-legal governing bodies. At first these committees were in contro
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