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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 876062" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>You must be one of those who believes the myth that the constitution enhanced or promoted slavery. Allow me to give you a little history lesson. </p><p></p><p>Many of our most prominent founding fathers did not support slavery even though some were slave owners themselves. I know this must seem hypocritical, and it was to a degree, but for example George Washington owned 300 slaves and wished to free them but feared for a breakup of the many families his slaves comprised of some of which were intermarried with his wife's slaves. He willed that his slaves be freed upon his wifes death and also willed for their future care paid for through his estate. </p><p></p><p>Many founding fathers made compromises on slavery during the initial constitutional convention because it was well understood that without these compromises this country in its infancy would cease to exist. There would be no United States because the south would refuse to participate. The constitution was however written with the abolishment of slavery in mind. In Article 1 Sec 9 it set a date that Congress could enact a law no earlier than 1808 to ban the importing of new slaves, and on Jan 1. 1808 such a law was enacted. It was Thomas Jefferson that wrote "all men are created equal" in the declaration of independence hinting that this new country was not a friend to slavery. Oliver Ellsworth, a signer of the constitution was quoted as stating "All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves." Benjamin Franklin also stated "Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils." The seeds of the end of slavery were sewn in the founding documents of this country and they did finally bear fruit with the creation of the Republican Party and its anti-slavery message in the mid 1800s. </p><p></p><p>So to infer that I or anyone who supports the constitution supports slavery or the very idea of it could not be further from the truth. In the current version of the Constitution the parts that even refer to slavery have been voided and no longer apply to the governing of this nation. When I say I support every word in the Constitution I mean it because its a document that outlines specifically the powers of the federal government and how it is it be contained and restrained. The problem is different leaders of both parties would rather use it as toilet paper when it suits them best to ignore it and quote it when it serves their purposes otherwise. I just want it followed as it was intended and written.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 876062, member: 249"] You must be one of those who believes the myth that the constitution enhanced or promoted slavery. Allow me to give you a little history lesson. Many of our most prominent founding fathers did not support slavery even though some were slave owners themselves. I know this must seem hypocritical, and it was to a degree, but for example George Washington owned 300 slaves and wished to free them but feared for a breakup of the many families his slaves comprised of some of which were intermarried with his wife's slaves. He willed that his slaves be freed upon his wifes death and also willed for their future care paid for through his estate. Many founding fathers made compromises on slavery during the initial constitutional convention because it was well understood that without these compromises this country in its infancy would cease to exist. There would be no United States because the south would refuse to participate. The constitution was however written with the abolishment of slavery in mind. In Article 1 Sec 9 it set a date that Congress could enact a law no earlier than 1808 to ban the importing of new slaves, and on Jan 1. 1808 such a law was enacted. It was Thomas Jefferson that wrote "all men are created equal" in the declaration of independence hinting that this new country was not a friend to slavery. Oliver Ellsworth, a signer of the constitution was quoted as stating "All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves." Benjamin Franklin also stated "Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils." The seeds of the end of slavery were sewn in the founding documents of this country and they did finally bear fruit with the creation of the Republican Party and its anti-slavery message in the mid 1800s. So to infer that I or anyone who supports the constitution supports slavery or the very idea of it could not be further from the truth. In the current version of the Constitution the parts that even refer to slavery have been voided and no longer apply to the governing of this nation. When I say I support every word in the Constitution I mean it because its a document that outlines specifically the powers of the federal government and how it is it be contained and restrained. The problem is different leaders of both parties would rather use it as toilet paper when it suits them best to ignore it and quote it when it serves their purposes otherwise. I just want it followed as it was intended and written. [/QUOTE]
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