The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught Part 17

To introduce this government, it is the opinion of this Convention, that each a.s.senting Convention should notify its a.s.sent and ratification to the United States in Congress a.s.sembled; that Congress, after receiving the a.s.sent and ratification of the Conventions of States, should appoint and publish a day, as early as may be, and appoint a place for commencing proceedings under this Const.i.tution; that after such publication, the Legislatures of the several States should elect Members of the Senate, and direct the election of Members of the House of Representatives; and that the Members of the Legislature should meet at the time and place a.s.signed by Congress, and should, as soon as may be, after their meeting, choose the President of the United States, and proceed to execute this Const.i.tution.