WI the 1787 Constitutional Convention goes with its original plan

This is a complicated issue so apologize for the clunky title. What essentially happened was that the 1787 convention in Philadelphia that created the first federal constitution for the USA voted to adopt a draft Constitution on August 6th, then sent it to a committee of style to polish up the language, and then went home. Gouvernor Morris got himself placed on the committee of style and then rewrote the entire thing. The other delegates were upset but for some reason unable to stop him.

James Madison is usually credited as the father of the Constitution but it was really Gouvernour Morris. He was also the biggest influence on the Manhattan street layout.

The draft the delegates actually adopted can be read here:

https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1936#lf1356-04_head_014

I'll do a second post that highlights the changes from the document sent to the states for ratification.

What would have been some of the effects on subsequent American history if the draft was not substantially changed before being submitted to the states?
 
This second post will highlight the major changes in the draft compared to the 1787 Constitution we got. The draft had 23 articles instead of half a dozen, though the order of provisions was pretty much unaltered.

The Preamble read "“We the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity." The Morris version started with "We the people of the United States".

Article I states the name of the country is the "United States of America" and Articles II through IX cover the federal legislature, corresponding to OTL Article I.

Article III “The Legislature shall meet on the first Monday in December in every year.”

Article IV (5) The Senate may not amend money bills: “All bills for raising or appropriating money, and for fixing the salaries of the officers of Government, shall originate in the House of Representatives, and shall not be altered or amended by the Senate.”

Article VI (13) It appears that the President could make a “revision” to bills before signing them

Article VII (4) “No tax or duty shall be laid by the Legislature on articles exported from any State; nor on the migration or importation of such persons as the several States shall think proper to admit; nor shall such migration or importation be prohibited.” This one looks really important in light of later events

Article IX (2) and (3) this is really complicated language that appears to give the Senate quasi-judicial powers over disputes between states over “territory” or “jurisdiction”

Article X covers the federal executive and the divergence from the OTL 1787 Constitution is pretty big. X (1) states “The Executive Power of the United States shall be vested in a single person. His stile shall be, “The President of the United States of America;” and his title shall be, “His Excellency.” He shall be elected by ballot by the Legislature. He shall hold his office during the term of seven years; but shall not be elected a second time.” X (2) states “In case of his removal as aforesaid, death, resignation, or disability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the President of the Senate shall exercise those powers and duties, until another President of the United States be chosen, or until the disability of the President be removed.” There is no provision for a Vice President and presumably the Senate would elect its own President.

Finally, the admission of new states and the amendment process is different from the document sent out for ratification. Article XVII, covering new states, requires a two thirds majority in each chamber of Congress instead of a simple majority to admit new states. There is also no amending process at all, separate from the Article XIX provision requiring Congress to convene a new constitutional convention on the application of the legislatures from two thirds of the states.
 
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