...Congress had invited each of the states to send delegates to convene in May "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation"...to "render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the union." The federal convention met in Philadelphia...

...doubt that the real object of the convention was, — (to use the language of the resolution,) — "to render the federal constitution adequate to the...the government and the preservation of the Union;" and not to establish a national constitution and government in its place: — and, that such was the...

...no doubt that the real object of the convention was,— (to use the language of the resolution,)— "to render the federal constitution adequate to the...the government and the preservation of the Union;" and not to establish a national constitution and government in its place:— and, that such was the...

...Convention began with a mandate from the Congress of the Confederation to meet "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation"...to "render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government 8c the preservation of the Union" (Records, 3:14). The problems and weaknesses...

...fourteen states to send delegates to a convention at Philadelphia in May, "...for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation to render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the Confederation." The states, in selecting their...

...shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...[to] render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government, and the preservation of the Union.1" The quality of the resulting state delegations...

...and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of...the government and the preservation of the union." 25 Thomas Jefferson: In his Autobiography, Jefferson referred to the Confederation as a "government":...

...of Congress, in 1787, was, "for a firm national Government, and that the Convention shall render the Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Government, and the preservation of the Union." The States were not prepared to follow the counsels of Congress ; and, in acceding to the call of a Convention,...

...articles of confederation as shall, when agreed to by Congress and confirmed by the States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of...the Government and the preservation of the Union." Hamilton was sent by New York to the convention, where he displayed his usual force of intellect, independence...

...and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Government and the preservation of the Union. It was by the delegates chosen by the several States under the resolution just quoted, that the Constitution...