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November 29, 1831
Rhode Island American And Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Gouverneur Morris's speech in the US Senate on January 8, 1802, reflects on the Constitutional Convention, emphasizing the unique timing that allowed its success despite later opposition.
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Extract from a Speech in the Senate of the United States, by Gouverneur Morris, January 8, 1802,
"There are some honorable gentlemen now present, who sat in the Convention which formed this constitution. I appeal to their recollection, have they not seen the time when the fate of America was suspended by a hair? My life for it if another convention be assembled, that they will part without doing any thing. Never in the flow of time was there a moment so propitious as that in which the convention assembled. The states had been convinced by melancholy experience, how inadequate they were to the management of our national concerns.—The passions of the people were lulled to sleep—State pride slumbered—the Constitution was promulgated—and then it awoke, and opposition was formed—but it was in vain. The people of America bound the States down by this compact."
"There are some honorable gentlemen now present, who sat in the Convention which formed this constitution. I appeal to their recollection, have they not seen the time when the fate of America was suspended by a hair? My life for it if another convention be assembled, that they will part without doing any thing. Never in the flow of time was there a moment so propitious as that in which the convention assembled. The states had been convinced by melancholy experience, how inadequate they were to the management of our national concerns.—The passions of the people were lulled to sleep—State pride slumbered—the Constitution was promulgated—and then it awoke, and opposition was formed—but it was in vain. The people of America bound the States down by this compact."
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Politics
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Gouverneur Morris
Senate Speech
Constitutional Convention
Us Constitution
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Gouverneur Morris
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Senate Of The United States
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Senate Of The United States
Event Date
January 8, 1802
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Gouverneur Morris
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Extract from a speech by Gouverneur Morris in the Senate, appealing to members who attended the Constitutional Convention, arguing that the timing was uniquely propitious, states were convinced of their inadequacies, public passions were dormant during its formation, and later opposition failed as the people ratified the compact.