and one of the people who spoke most eloquently i thought was congressmanly bria wn mast of florida. his words echoed what benjamin franklin said, we could pass all the rules we, if want, if we in this body, majority of the republicans don t do the right thing, the rules don t matter. i said, this man is on to something, all talk about rules. following thttere rules. if we don t have virtuous members of the house, the rules down matter. i got to thinking, of y franklin s comments onin f september 17, 1787, last day of the constitutional convention, he wrote at speech, this is what he said. i confess that i do not i approve of this constitution of present. buprovt i am not sure i shall neff nevada approve it never approved it, for having lived long i have experienced many instances.e to chane opinions even on important subjects.i i once thought right. but found to be otherwise. it is there that older iow ggrow the more apt i am to doubt my judgment and may more respect to ju
47 ijut was that close, in virginia ratified 89 to 79. it waser that close. two opposing it were patrick henry and george mason. in new york it was ratified 30 to 27. the constitution we have today almost was not ratified. now. those who lostw, the votego didn t try to destroy thee constitution they didn t try to destroy the men who supported it. they decided to do what franklin said, administer. administer as well as they could. george mason s object to a bill of rights, that had a lot of supports in states.ri