Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Vol. 6: March 1, 1781, to December 31, 1782 A report by the committee, principally drawn by Madison and bearing the date March 12, was offered in Congress March 16, but was not taken into consideration until May 2. If approved by Congress and ac quiesced in by the states, Varnum wrote March 16, the willing States will be greatly relieved The committee reported that, whilst the 13th article of the Confederation contained an implied power in Congress to enforce every provision of the Confederation against any state which should refuse or neglect to abide by the determinations of Congress, never theless all exercise of power should be explicitly and precisely warranted It was therefore proposed that the articles be so amended as to authorize Congress to employ the land or sea forces of the United States to compel any delinquent state to fulfill its federal engagements. John Mathews at the same time offered the milder proposition that the states be requested to pass laws vesting in Congress, in time of war, such powers as might be necessary for efficiently prosecuting the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.