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OT - Conservative Constitutional Values
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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. ] [ The three-fifths clause was written to appease the slave owners. That's pretty much it. ] [ 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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