...full view before the Convention : — Gouverneur Morris broke out into an eloquent denunciation of slavery. "It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the Statet where it prevailed. Compare the free regions of the Middle States, where a rich and noble cultivation...

...word " inhabitants." Much, he said, would depend on this point. He never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the States where it prevailed. Compare the free regions of the Middle States, where a rich and noble cultivation marks...

...carriers. Mr. ELLSWORTH was for leaving the clause as it stands. Let every State import what it pleases. The morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the States themselves. What enriches a part enriches the whole, and the States are the best judges of their particular interest....

...Carolina and Georgia would not give it up. Ellsworth said, " Let every State import what it pleases ; the morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the States themselves." " Let us not intermeddle." Gonverneur Morris wished the whole subject committed, with the question...

...to the style and arrangement of that instrument, said, in 1787, " he never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the States where it prevailed." Luther Martin, of Maryland, held that the continued importation of slaves was " inconsistent...

...word " inhabitants." Much, he said, would depend on this point. He never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of heaven on the states where it prevailed. Compare the free regions of the Middle States, where a rich and noble cultivation marks...

...system, among all who now desire its speedy and total extirpation. " He never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the States where it prevailed." * The compromise, therefore, by which the enumeration of the * Madison Papers, pp. 1263-5....

...carriers." Ellsworth was for leaving the clause as it stood. " Let every state import what it pleases. The morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the states. What enriches a part enriches the whole, and the states are the best judges of their particular interests....

...taxable." Gouverneur Morris, still more vexed and disappointed, broke out into an eloquent denunciation of slavery. "It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the states where it prevailed. Compare the free regions of the middle states, where a rich and noble cultivation marks...

...Pennsylvania, broke forth in the language of an Abolitionist: " He never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the State where it prevailed." Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, said : " The morality or wisdom of Slavery...