The next morning, before the Convention met, they held a meeting to determine upon their course of action.

They were apparently afraid of taking the responsibility for breaking up the Convention, so they finally decided to let the proceedings go on and to see what might be the ultimate outcome.

Rumors of these dissensions had reached the ears of the public, and it may have been to quiet any misgivings that the following inspired item appeared in several local papers: "So great is the unanimity, we hear, that prevails in the Convention, upon all great federal subjects, that it has been proposed to call the room in which they assemble Unanimity Hall." On the other hand the effect of this great compromise upon the delegates from the small States was distinctly favorable.

Having obtained equal representation in one branch of the legislature, they now proceeded with much greater willingness to consider the strengthening of the central government.

Many details were yet to be arranged, and sharp differences of opinion existed in connection with the executive as well as with the judiciary.