...themselves." Mr. Sherman reinforced this view. He would not introduce the innovation. He deemed it "expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed scheme of government." Mr. Pinckney, however, was not conciliatory. "South Carolina," he declared, "can never receive the...

...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...scheme of government, he thought it best to leave the clause as it stood. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, said: "This infernal traffic originated in the avarice...

...import slaves, as the public good did not require that it 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." New England was to let slavery alone if the Caro-^ linas and Georgia would let Congress regulate com-...

...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...complete it. He urged on the convention the necessity of dispatching its business. One of the most surprising things in these debates is the hostility shown...

...prohibits the slave trade. . . . Mr. Sherman [Conn.] was for leaving the clause as it stands. . . . He observed that the abolition of slavery seemed to...several States would probably by degrees complete it. ... Col. Mason [Va.]. This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. . . . The...

...Roger Sherman, of Connecticut, one of the strong minds of the Convention, is on record as having stated that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on...sense of the several states would probably by degrees bring it to completion. His colleague, Oliver Ellsworth, expressed himself to the effect that slavery...

...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...

...to import slaves, as the public good did not require it to be taken from them, & as it was expedient to have as few objections as possible to the proposed...abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the US 1Upon this question, see above, July 23, August 8, and August 21, and Appendix A, CXLVIII, CLI,...

...amendment of the 1st clause of the report of the Committee of eleven Wednesday MADISON August 22 & that the good sense of the several States would probably by degrees compleat it. He urged on the Convention the necessity of despatching its business.) Col. Mason. This...

...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...government, he thought it best to leave the matter as we found it.f Ellsworth was for taking a middle and moderate ground; "he was afraid," he said, "we should...