[113] According to Yates, before Wilson spoke:
"Mr. Madison. Congress heretofore depended on state
interests; we are now going to pursue the same
plan."--Yates, _Secret Proceedings_, etc., 173.
M^r Wilson remarked the additional dependance this w^d create in the
Senators on the States. The longer the time he observed allotted to the
Officer, the more compleat will be the dependance if it exists at
all.[114]
[114] After Wilson, according to Yates:
"Mr. Butler. This second branch I consider as the
aristocratic part of our government; and they must be
controlled by the states, or they will be too
independent."--Yates, _Secret Proceedings_, etc., 173.
Gen^l Pinkney was for making the States as much as could be conveniently
done, a part of the Gen^l Gov^t. If the Senate was to be appointed by
the States, it ought in pursuance of the same idea to be paid by the
States: and the States ought not to be barred from the opportunity of
calling members of it into offices at home. Such a restriction would
also discourage the ablest men from going into the Senate.
M^r Williamson moved a resolution so penned as to admit of the two
following questions. 1. whether the members of the Senate should be
ineligible to & incapable of holding offices _under the U. States_