...1787. II Genii Heath, in Ratifying Convention of Massachusetts. from them, and as it was as expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business." * Mr. Ellsworth (of Connecticut) "was for leaving the clause as it stands. Let every state import what...

...import -slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...thought it best to leave the matter as we find it." — Page 457. "Mr. BALDWIN had conceived national objects alone to be before the convention ; not such...

...see any greater necessity for bringing it within the policy of the new." Sherman of Connecticut said he thought it "best to leave the matter as we find it." Mason of Virginia spoke against the slave trade with convincing eloquence and power. The Northern States...

...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...Convention the necessity of despatching its business. Col. MASON. This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British government...

...delegates not to admit any provisions hostile to the institution. Furthermore, "as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government;"" as "the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States," and the states were expected...

...see any greater necessity for bringing it within the policy of the new." Sherman of Connecticut said he thought it "best to leave the matter as we find it." Mason of Virginia spoke against the slave trade with convincing eloquence and power. The northern states...

...import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, and as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...thought it best to leave the matter as we find it." * * * * "It was better to let the Southern States import slaves, than to part with them, if they made...

...about the Union, but he was willing to ignore the demands of those who opposed slavery. Second, Sherman observed that "the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the US" If left alone, the "good sense of the several States" would soon put an end to all slavery in the...

...bargain, and in the final analysis, to give in on this issue. Sherman advised that "it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of Government. "To further this goal, he suggested that the Committee of Detail report be accepted as presented. Sherman...

...legitimize this approach by observing "that the abolition of slavery seemed to be ping on in the US & that the good sense of the several States would probably by degrees compleat it" (Records, vol. 2, pp. 369—370). Judge Ellsworth also held out the hope that slavery...