The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-05-20
PURITAN and SLAVERY.
England S Part in Protecting
The Traffic.
Tie Votes Of New Hampshire.
assachHsetts and Connecticut
sre goaast for Section 9 of Article |,
nd Therefore They Forced it Into
yhe Constitution ---Ship Owners Pro-
f1fed.

The Constitution --Saip Owners Pro-
flted.
From the Washington Post.
sWill say that / have as much ad-
ation for that phase OF human HE
9.aIIsd 5be New England character as
W Dodge, or any other man.
wonderful people and has
wrought marvellous history. 1t mas
good opinion Of itself and IS fond OF
exDressing that opinion. And TO tnaJ
r,age 10 very serious objection, except
cannot refrain from faint DIS
sent when see New England claim Z
me all the credit for everytalng excel
lent America has achieved ana ois-
aVowing responsibility Tor everything
vicious we have done. New E'nss,,lano rs, "a
s entitled TO fair share or pogn-
credit for the good and responsibility
for the bad-and 10 more, and no less,
than d fair share Of either.
said IN the paper TO when Mr.
Dodge obiects-and objects With sohe
3eoree of heat-that New England
faTeed into the Federal Constitution
saction g Of Article I, By which the
African slave trade was permitted
unsis the year 1s0S, and / now repeat
that assertion.
Mr. Dodge says he is astonished,
and charscteriZes that and some oGner
Sc nv statements as untrue, and ap-
noals 4o and Quotes from some history
Tsaf had in mind when wrote Wnat
IS3SSd. and which confirms what sale.
he admits that Section was MACS q
part OF the Constitution py Votes OF
5ha only New England STATES repre-
serted in the convention that formed
She inssrument-New Hampshire, Mas
saenusettts and Connectlcas-an,
w5ithont their votes Section 9 would
haye failed. but, he says, South caro-,
Ira and Georgia hired New Engiano1
- Al S. and therefore New England
Il NOT respnsible, and was opposed TO
fbs tiinp all the time. If George Ill
hsd hired enough Hessians TO put down
10 rebellion. Mr.. Washington, Mr.
9enrv. M. Jefferson, Mr. Adams,
M Hancock and others set on foot III
5776 suppose Mr.. Dodge would ex-
c,sa the Eessians on the ground that
sSSsy were hired to play their part,
snd we're really opposed TO the war all
.fs,e time. But let Us examine that
waoa-Mr. Dodge calls it a COM
,srSn,isa.,s - but that is an euphemlsm.
South Carolina wanted the save
trade. New Englad wanted ene reg9-
altion Of commerce, OF which the ART
"a slave trade was probably noS the
lesss Important, and certainly not Gne
Isass profitable part, Mr. Dodge quotes
& vas the true interest OF the
corfharn States to have no regulation
{ - commerce: but, considering she loss
I Isronvht on the commerce OF the East
Sarn ssfates By the Revolution, their
sibarsl conduct toward the views OF
Sonfh Carolina Tin consenting to 5he
sSonAion OF the clause referred so) ana
+5a' nSeras5 the weak Southern States
sad In being united with the strong
Esa+ern States, he thought IT proper
-saN N fetters should be imposed on
\ 10. 80, noger Of making commercial re-
{ !. ri g-lsf5ons:: and that his constituents,
: sSshenrh E Drsiudaced against the Eastern
3 ss+sfes go swouid be reconciled to this
Z S;ssraIity. !; r.s He had himself, he said,
prsiudices against the eastern osages s
before he had found them as canoio
4 md liberal as any men whatever.
Exactly. Precisely. Candld aoon6
,rl,ats The African slave trade. Liber-
Sin Whst9 The African slave trade.
Z ssr.;beral = - as any men whatever If
p;nclzney meant anything by those
--ords- : he meant that New England
&c ses.s as liberaln as South Carolina on
40 ~ snbiecteof the slave trade. And II
s,.s yosas mean anything, New England
80 g as liberal as South Carolina on
stat subject. What was the vote On
seSsls ~ is-New Hampshire, Mas
..es1setts, Connecticut, North Caro-
Sasa Isns south Carolina, Georgia.
80 oainss it-New jersey, Penn
srsn;a. Delaware, Virginia.
rsa4 p is the way New England op-
.,ossS the African slave trade IN the
Convention that made the Union the
iand of the free and the home OF the
braye. And here IS how Mr.. Dooge
makes chimney corner history
It will thus be seen that there IS
,ots . narticfe of truth in the statement
fI9sf the clause permitting the intro
S5sction OF slaves prior to 1888 was
forced inso the Constitution oy Se"
Enoland. On the contrary, her ce1e-
astes IN the Constitutional Conven-
5ioy. 20 opposed it, as did some from
pennsyiyania, Virginia and other
. stares, and only consented to 1t as a
means Of securing one ne o'r Of 5ne neg Go5s Go8s
sE;fntion. Theg clause regulating COZ
nsess nseree and on which all Interstate
commerce laws are founded, and which
The Assistant Attorney General in n; ms IS
gas the cornerstone of the Repno-
"A And again, Mr.. Dodge, says, with wit;
naiTete that is simply delicious as Iol-
Neither is it true, as sarvoyard's ar
t;ela would make it appear, that New
fsnas Eneland favored slavery. 1t is true
~ 'so1lbt that after the Dutch had
m ;ntro6uced slaves in Virginia, IN 1919,
ard i was shown toebe {, prohtao Die
<1LA>- - omit Of