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Excerpt from Papers on the Slave Power: First Published in the "Boston Whig"
IN the Convention for forming a Federal Constitution, questions relating to Slavery could not fail to present themselves with promi nonce. In the discussions and negotiations to which it gave rise, Virginia, which owned nearly half the slaves in the country, acted a comparatively generous part. Maryland and North Carolina fol lowed her lead. South Carolina, which owned the next most, and Georgia, were moved by other instincts.
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