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To: jeffersondem

It was the only way to get a Constitution.


143 posted on 05/07/2018 2:52:19 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
“It was the only way to get a Constitution.”

Article VII of the constitution says “Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution . . .”

Even if GA, VA, NC, and SC refused to ratify (as implied in your post 137), the other 9 states could have had a constitution - and WITHOUT slavery. I mean, if that is what they wanted.

I'm not following your claim “it was the only way to get a constitution.”

158 posted on 05/07/2018 7:11:35 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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It was the only way to get a Constitution.

You mean it was created under the false pretense that the compromise achieved in writing it would be subsequently enforced. In other words, a "bait and switch."

If it wasn't kept in good faith by the North, why should the South be expected to remain under it?

245 posted on 05/08/2018 10:11:53 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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