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ironically,

the potomac is fraught with

new tribalisms

of all races.

very little rationalism.

Thanks for posting an interesting article.

In the following paragraph the author assumes way too much: that southern politicians would have voluntarily walked away from slavery if only they could have witnessed free black communities.

Had the capital been rooted in the free soil of Pennsylvania, Northerners rather than pro-slavery Southerners would have filled the ranks of government service. Southern congressmen would have witnessed the success of Pennsylvania's policy of emancipation, easing the nation toward a peaceful solution of its most divisive issue.

I'm sure more than a few of them actually traveled to the north from time to time and anything they observed there unfortunately didn't make a dent in their determination to keep slavery.

I disagree with the author's view that Hamilton betrayed the enslaved by negotiating a deal. I think it was a difficult decision at best.

Let's think about the stakes. If Hamilton had pushed for a Capital in Pennsylvania, then the Southern States would have succeed. Primarily because they would have felt under represented. Furthermore, even if the financial bill could have been passed in the North. It would weaken the North because they would have been a lot deeper in debt and not able to have as much capital without the South. Thus, weaking the North and making them vulnerable to the South. Finally, the South would still have slavery if this happen. However, by moving it to DC Hamilton was able to get the financial bill passed. Plus The South did not feel underrepresented in the Nation's capital. This combo preserved the Union. Hamilton's radical society could do exactly as the wanted. A slow emancipation of the slaves over time. Granted it eventually led to a war between the States 70 years later. Although that 70 years allowed the North to build an economy so it could sustain a war against the South. The way I see it Hamilton did not betray the enslaved. He just took his best option. If Hamilton would have made Pennsylvania the Nation's capital. Then I am sure that Slavery would not have been over in 1865. By compromising he was able to get the

Putting the Nations Capital in Philadelphia would have led to a split in Nation long before 1860, probably in the very early nineteenth century. The result would have been two or maybe more countries occupying what is now the United States and wars between them like plagued Europe. The South absent pressure from the North would likely have been able to maintain slavery for much longer.

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The left and its shills, the public educaton aristocracy, have done everything in their power to turn the actual “nobility” of the founders on slavery and so much else into a mockery. Even so called conservative white commentators misquote the reason for the 3/5th compromise in order to be politically correct in the presence of africanhyphenamericans.