>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/14/05 1:22 PM >>> Michael Lind has a book that makes a similar point. The wierd part is that the bastards managed to sell the Southern ideals to the rest of the country. Michael Perelman <<<<<>>>>>
pierce butler, one of the south carolina delegates to 1787 philadelphia asserted that north and south were as different as russia and turkey, of course, northern 'free labor' delegates eventually gave in on slave issue in so-called 3/5ths compromise - for purposes of representation *and* taxation, latter of which was unlikely to generate much revenue, however repugnant that would have been as 'framers' intended federal taxation to be limited to tariffs on imported goods, importation of slaves had largely ended by that time even as domestic slave trade continued (and would do so until civil war despite congressional ban in 1809 - pursuant to so-called slave trade compromise - that was never enforced)... result of 3/5ths 'compromise' for south - slave states held about 45% of house seats rather than 1/3rd they would have had were slaves not counted, in other words, greater influence/power in matter of national legislation... in due course, however, butler was prescient (somewhat, anyway), when disparate interests of north & south could no longer be reconciled, in bloody aftermath, reconstruction was derailed by corrupt bargain of 1877 (so-called compromise determining 1876 presidential election), 'the south' in effect, prevailed with restoration of planter class... southern states (elites, really) have not always got all that they wanted, but they have often secured considerable portions of it, from the get-go... michael hoover -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
