 | Steven J. Keillor - 1996 - 372 halaman
...slaves" was suggested, John Rutledge of South Carolina threatened Southern secession: the "true question is whether the South[ern] States shall or shall not be parties to the Union."41 98 This Rebellious House In true moderately Enlightened fashion, they compromised this fundamental... | |
 | Walter B. Edgar - 1998 - 784 halaman
...strike at the heart of the state's economic well-being would determine, as Rutledge bluntly put it, "whether the southern states shall or shall not be parties to the Union." CC Pinckney said that "South Carolina and Georgia can not do without slaves," and Charles Pinckney... | |
 | Jeffrey Robert Young - 1999 - 356 halaman
...John Rutledge declared that the constitution's position respecting slavery would ultimately dictate "whether the southern states shall or shall not be parties to the Union."8 The delegates from Georgia made their point with equal force. Abraham Baldwin, for example,... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 607 halaman
...humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is whether the Southern...states shall or shall not be parties to the Union. If the Northern states consult their interest, they will not oppose the increase of slaves, which will... | |
 | 2000 - 560 halaman
...Martin to allow an import tax on slaves. Rutledge opposed Martin's motion, telling the convention that the "true question at present is whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union."The implied threat of secession was clear. He then told the northern delegates that, if they... | |
 | Roger W. Wilkins - 2002 - 188 halaman
...humanity have nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is whether the Southern...states shall or shall not be parties to the Union. If the Northern states consult their interest, they will not oppose the increase of slaves which will... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - 316 halaman
...trade. Rutledge opposed Martin's motion with a two-pronged attack. He first told the Convention that the "true question at present is whether the Southern...States shall or shall not be parties to the Union." The implied threat of secession was clear. He then told the northern delegates that, if they would... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention, James Madison - 2003 - 808 halaman
...humanity had nothing to do with this question. -Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is, whether the Southern...States shall or shall not be parties to the Union. If the Northern States consult their interest, they will not oppose the increase of slaves, which will... | |
 | Darin Wipperman - 2003 - 291 halaman
...delegates questioned, 22 Records, I,596. ^ Finkelman, Slavery, 82. 24 Miller, Business, 83 and 124. whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union . . . The morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the states themselves . . .... | |
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Religion and humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is, whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union. 
