 However , Rutledge , himself a former state governor , was determined that while the new national government should be stronger than the Confederation government had been , the national government ’ s power over the states should not be limitless ; and at Rutledge ’ s urging , the committee went beyond what the Convention had proposed . As Stewart describes it , the committee " hijacked " and remade the Constitution , altering critical agreements the Convention delegates had already made , enhancing the powers of the states at the expense of the national government , and adding several far @-@ reaching provisions that the Convention had never discussed . 
