Constitutional Argument, Against American Slavery (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Constitutional Argument, Against American Slavery Why should we regard the Federal Constitution as pro slavery? Whenever I read it, it presents itself as a noble and beautiful Temple of Liberty. Whenever I read its Preamble, I see the Goddess of Liberty standing in the porch of this Temple, and, whenever I read its Amend ments, so fraught, as they are, with the deep solicitude of our fathers for the utmost security of human rights, I see in them the buttresses, by which the builders of this Temple gave it additional strength and glory. Is the' Constitution pro-slavery, because the Government of the United States has, almost from its beginning, been administered for the advantage of slavery As well might you hold the Consti tution responsible for any other trampling on its principles. To seek in that instrument for authority for the conduct of Government, in the cases.of the Creole, Amistad, Florida 'war, or, zin any other of its murderous and diabolical agen cies in behalf of slavery, would be as v/ain, as to seek there for the justification of its violations of Indian Treaties. (what, however, were these violations for, but to serve the demands of slaveholders '2) The fact, that the nation, in its national capacity, favors and upholds slavery, proves nothing against the Constitution - for this it'may do, and the Con stitution not be responsible for it - for this it may do, in utter repugnance, and in bold defiance, of the Constitution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.