Of these 2200, only about 1800 votes were given for the successful candidates for delegate.

Of the whole sixty delegates alleged to have been chosen, "but forty-three," says a Committee Report, "participated in the work of the convention.

Sessions were held without a quorum, and the yeas and nays often show that but few above thirty were present.

It is understood, and not denied, that but twenty-eight of these--less than half of a full house of sixty--decided the pro-slavery or free-State question; and upon the question of submission of their work to the will of the people, the pro-slavery party carried the point by a majority of two votes only.

It is quite in keeping with the character of this body and its officers to find the journal of its proceedings for the last days missing."[9] Their allotted task was completed in a short session of about three weeks; the convention adjourned November 7, forty-three of the fifty delegates present having been induced to sign the constitution.