The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . uently concluded with, I wouldsooner submit to a tax for paying for all the negroes in the UnitedStates than saddle posterity with such a Constitution .(2). Itwas a defeated motion as soon as made, and evon the one affirmativevote of New Jersey was a surprise. As far as counting slaves in thorepresentation vras concerned, that was settled for good, but theskirmish had ^ust begun on the limitation of the slave trade. The question again came up on August 21 with thereport of a clause prohibiting a duty on exports, on slaves, andforbidding any pr
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . uently concluded with, I wouldsooner submit to a tax for paying for all the negroes in the UnitedStates than saddle posterity with such a Constitution .(2). Itwas a defeated motion as soon as made, and evon the one affirmativevote of New Jersey was a surprise. As far as counting slaves in thorepresentation vras concerned, that was settled for good, but theskirmish had ^ust begun on the limitation of the slave trade. The question again came up on August 21 with thereport of a clause prohibiting a duty on exports, on slaves, andforbidding any prohibition of the importation of slaves. TheSouth had opposed any duty on exports, and although Morris remindedthem that these local considerations ought not to impede the gen-eral interest , the convention adopted that part of the clausewhich concerned exports(3). The rest of th^^ sootion caused some little those who urged a prohibition of or a tax on the importation of fl) T:^arrand,il, 221. (2) Ibid,II, 221-2:3. (3) Ibid,II, slaves, the South replied that she would never confederate on suchterras. South Carolina and Georgia were especially outspoken intheir demands, and refused to adopt any Constitution which threatened the slave trade, while North Carolina intimated that she wouldfollow the exarm-ie of her neighbors on the south. In an attemptto remove the difficulty Tinkney moved to commit the clause inorder that the slaves might be made liable to an import tax(l).Morris saw the hopelessness of reaching any harmonious opinion onthe subject. He was greatly opposed to slavery, and gladly wouldhave seen the im-ortation of slaves stoppeci. He also favoredthe taxing of exports. Neither of these propositions, however, wasso important to him that he Would not consent to a compromise forthe ulimate good nf the country. Understanding the im^possihilityof the Souths confederating if the slave trade was abolished, hewished to have the Alicle section committed, inc
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