Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech.
Jefferson Davis supported slavery. In his speech, he mentions a counterclaim by Senator Seward who “…asserts that it was the purpose of the framers of the Government to destroy slave property, and cities as evidence of it, the provision for an amendment of the Constitution.”
Does Davis provide evidence to rebut the counterclaim?
Responses
No, by stating: “…how utterly fallacious it is to ascribe to them [the framers] the purpose of interfering with the domestic institutions of any of the States.”
No, by stating: “…how utterly fallacious it is to ascribe to them [the framers] the purpose of interfering with the domestic institutions of any of the States.”,
No, by stating: “You too know, that among us, white men have an equality resulting from a presence of a lower caste, which cannot exist where white men fill the position here occupied by the servile race.”
No, by stating: “You too know, that among us, white men have an equality resulting from a presence of a lower caste, which cannot exist where white men fill the position here occupied by the servile race.”,
Yes, by stating: “…how utterly fallacious it is to ascribe to them [the framers] the purpose of interfering with the domestic institutions of any of the States.”
Yes, by stating: “…how utterly fallacious it is to ascribe to them [the framers] the purpose of interfering with the domestic institutions of any of the States.”,
Yes, by stating: “You too know, that among us, white men have an equality resulting from a presence of a lower caste, which cannot exist where white men fill the position here occupied by the servile race.”