The general object was to provide a cure for
the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these
evils, to their origin, every man had found it in the turbulence and
follies of democracy."
Edmund Randolph in describing the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an
American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second
Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.
"The Senate will be more likely to corrupt than the House of
Representatives, and should therefore have less to do with money
matters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Randolph
(Grandmaster of the Virginias)
Benning Wentworth (24 July 1696 – 14 October 1770) was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.
(St. John's Lodge 1, Portsmouth, NH)
Austin
Augustus King (September 21, 1802 – April 22, 1870), also known as
Austin A. King and Austin King, was an American lawyer, politician, and
military officer. A Democrat, he was the tenth Governor of Missouri and a
one-term United States Congressman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Augustus_King
(Richmond Lodge 57, MO)
