George Mason's America: The State Sovereignty Alternative to Madison's Centralized American Ruling Class Aristocracy: The State Sovereignty Alternative to Madison's Centralized American Ruling Class Aristocracy

In her book, George Mason: Constitutionalist, Helen Hill describes the debate during the 1787 convention in terms of sectionalism, meaning that the northern states did not want to form a centralized union with the southern slaveocracy.

Hill writes,

"The sense of sectionalism became so strong that some of the members saw no solution but to organize two confederacies...on July 13 Morris stated, "Instead of attempting to blend incompatible thin...