[FreedomCalls]

The last convention called “just to propose amendments” started out by the delegates tossing out the old constitution in its entirety and starting all over from scratch. They too, claimed they only wanted to make a few amendments.

[Congressman Billybob]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. You are assuming that the Philadelphia Convention was called by Congress. Congress tried to jump on the bandwagon that had already passed them by, by passing a Resolution which began "Resolved that in the opinion of Congress...."

That Convention was called by the Final Report of the Annapolis Convention of 1886, requested by Convention President Dickenson and drafted by Alexander Hamilton. The fact that the Philadelphia Convention was open to all changes was confirmed by states' using Hamilton's language to empower their delegates -- to make changes "necessary to exigencies of the Union."

Read the original documents. Don't confuse people with false statements without competent sourcing.

Congressman Billybob

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""I Was in the First Wave'"

[Macbeth]

Incorrect statement. First of all the Articles of Confederation did not allow for amendments. Instead it allowed for an “alteration” of the Articles of Confederation. Second, if you read Federalist 40 you’ll see correction to the Articles of Confederation wasn’t even mentioned by that Congress in its non-binding resolution. To read more see: http://www.nolanchart.com/article6449.html