That this debtor class had develope

That this debtor class had developed a strong consciousness of identical interests in the several states is clearly evident in local politics and legislation. Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts, the activities of the paper-money advocates in shire, and other northern states, the activities of the paper-money advocates in state legislatures, the innumerable schemes for the relief of debtors, such as the abolition of imprisonment , paper money, laws delaying the collection of debts, propositions requiring debtors to accept land in lieu of specie at a valuation fixed by a board of arbitration, these and many other schemes testify eloquently to the fact that the debtors were conscious of their status and actively engaged in establishing their interest in the form of legal provisions. Their philosophy was reflected in the writings of Luther Martin, delegate to the Convention from Maryland, who disapproved of the Constitution, partly on the ground that it world put a stop to agrarian legislation.