Cliff wrote:
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Many Republicans are persons of good will who believe strongly in the
ideals on which this nation was founded. They differ with Democrats how
to attain them, but they believe in them.

The US was founded on slavery.


Tis true! Most of the constitution was written to appease the slave
owners.
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The three-fifths clause was written to appease the slave owners.

That's pretty much it.
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Four specific provisions in the new Constitution dealt directly
with slavery, while many other provisions did so indirectly. The
four specific provisions on slavery we (1) three-fifths of the
slave population was to be considered in apportioning direct
taxes
and representation in the U.S. House of Representatives; (2) the
foreign slave trade could not be prohibited before 1808 and a tax
levied on imported slaves could not exceed ten dollars per slave;
(3) runaway slaves had to be returned to their masters "on
demand"
and could not be emancipated; and (4) no amendment to the
Constitution prohibiting the slave trade could be adopted before
1808. [Page 43]
A partial list of constitutional provisions that indirectly
affected
slavery included (1) authorizing Congress to call forth the
militia
to help suppress domestic insurrections (including slave
uprisings);
(2) prohibitions on both the federal and state governments from
levying export duties, thereby guaranteeing that the products of
slaves (tobacco, indigo, rice, etc.) would not be taxed; (3)
providing for the indirect election of the president through
electors based on representation in Congress, which, because of
the
three-fifths clause, inflated the influence of the white Southern
vote; (4) requiring a three-fourths approval of the states to
adopt
amendments to the Constitution, thus giving the South a veto
power
over all potential amendments; and (5) limiting the privileges
and
immunities clause to "citizens," thus denying these protections
to
slaves and in some cases to free blacks.
http://mep.cla.sc.edu/dynaweb/MEP/rc...View/745;td=2;...
IOW the constitution is littered with clauses relating to the slave
trade.
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and now the slave owners are the govt , and 5 5ths of the population is
slaves ...

so what ?