On the record
The rule of federal numbers, confined by the Constitution to the apportionment of representatives, has been extended, by the influence of the slaveholders, to other and very different subjects.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan claims that the influence of slaveholders extends beyond representation to other areas of governance, distorting federal practices.
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