Another was the toleration of the slave-trade for twenty years, in consideration of commercial concessions to the “Eastern members.” Such are the actual compromises of the Constitution, with regard to which there is evidence.
He outlines a compromise that tolerated the slave trade for twenty years, indicating the complexities of the Constitution's formation.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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