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<blockquote>We have good reason to hope and to believe that if the natural operations of truth are constantly watched and assisted, but not forced and precipitated, that end we all aim at will finally be attained in this country.
<blockquote>We have good reason to hope and to believe that if the natural operations of truth are constantly watched and assisted, but not forced and precipitated, that end we all aim at will finally be attained in this country.
<p>The Convention which formed and recommended the new Constitution had an arduous task to perform, especially as local interests, and in some measure local prejudices, were to be accommodated. Several of the States conceived that restraints on slavery might be too rapid to consist with their particular circumstances; and the importance of union rendered it necessary that their wishes on that head should, in some degree, be gratified.</blockquote>
<p>The Convention which formed and recommended the new Constitution had an arduous task to perform, especially as local interests, and in some measure local prejudices, were to be accommodated. Several of the States conceived that restraints on slavery might be too rapid to consist with their particular circumstances; and the importance of union rendered it necessary that their wishes on that head should, in some degree, be gratified.</p></blockquote>
Not only did Independence make abolitionism possible(Since the King was one of the primary supporters of it), but the Constitution additionally made the task even easier by not acknowledging it. Unfortunately, the makers of the Constitution, fearful of continued aggression from the King, had to focus on the unity of the colonies over all else.
Not only did Independence make abolitionism possible(Since the King was one of the primary supporters of it), but the Constitution additionally made the task even easier by not acknowledging it. Unfortunately, the makers of the Constitution, fearful of continued aggression from the King, had to focus on the unity of the colonies over all else.