...Virginia, the other by William Patterson, of New Jersey. A resolution also was offered, declaring, "That 'a National Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive." As this resolution proposed a radical change in the system...

...contemplated in the existing system, he himself proposed to substitute for it the following declaration : " That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary." The substitute was intended to mark more clearly the distinction...

...lays great stress on the fact, that the first resolution passed by the Convention of 1787 declared, "That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, judiciary, and executive." But the fact only shows that the Convention, when it first...

...the Constitution, (we quote from " Towle-s Analysis,") On motion of Mr. Randolph it was Resolved,—" That a National Government ought to be established, consisting of a Supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary." Mr. Patterson of New Jersey offered the following substitute...

...preservation of the Union." The Convention itself expressed the same idea in their first resolution thus : " That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary;" and, lastly, the people of the United States said the same...

...third Resolution was as follows — brief, but all-important to our future prosperity : "Resolved, That a National Government ought to be established, consisting of a Supreme Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary." The whole subject was embraced in these few words ! The proposition...

...merely Federal," or of " treaties among the States as individual sovereignties," it was declared " that a National Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive and judiciary." Better words could not have been chosen to express the prevailing...

...Randolph urged that a mere Federation of the States would not be sufficient, and he moved a resolution that " a national government ought to be established consisting of a supreme, legislative, and judiciary." 7 This was carried by a vote of six against one. There were others in...

...was resolved, as the first resolution of the convention, that " it is the opinion of this Committee that a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive, and judiciary." Turning to the comments of the founders of the Government,...

...of 1787. On the 30th of May, 1787, the following Kesolution was before the Convention : "Resolved, That a National Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme judicial, legislative, and executive." "The term 'Supreme,'" says Judge Yates, "required explanation....