Slavery and the Constitution

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Excerpt from Slavery and the Constitution: Both Sides of the QuestionThere will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those, who, in any quarter, may endeavor to weaken its bonds.One of the expedients of party to acquire in¿uence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart burnings which spring from these misrepresentations. They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together 'by fraternal affection.The Constitution, which at any time exists, till changed by an authentic and explicit act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all, it pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.