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 416 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION Saturday MADISON f,gt 25. humanity, from a view of all circumstances, to let in S-- C & Georgia on those terms, than to exclude them from the Union -- Mr. Govn Morris withdrew his motion. Mr. Dickenson wished the clause to be confined to the States which had not themselves prohibited the importation of slaves, and for that purpose moved to amend the clause so as to read "The importation of slaves into such of the States as shall permit the same shall not be prohibited by the Leg- islature of the U-- S-- until the year 18oS ". -- which was agreed to nem: cont: * The first part of the report was then agreed to, amended as follows. "The migration or importation of such persons as the several States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Legislature prior to the year x8o8." N.H. Mas. Con. Md. N. C. S. C: Geo: ..... ay N.J. Pa. Del. Virga ................ no [Ayes -- 7; noes -- 4.] 0 Mr. Baldwin in order to restrain & more explicitly define "the average duty" moved to strike out of the 2d. part the words "average of the duties lald on imports" and insert "common impost on articles not enumerated" which was agreed to hem: cont: Mr. Sherman was agst. this 2d part, as acknowledging men to be property, by taxing them as such under the character of slaves, Mr. King & Mr. Langdon considered this as the price of the Ist part. Genl. Pinkney admitted that it was so. Col: Mason. Not to tax, will be equivalent to a bounty on the importation of slaves. Mr. Ghorum thought that Mr Sherman should consider the duty, not as implying that slaves are property but as a discouragement to the importation of them. �( In the printed Journal. Cont. �irga. & Georgia voted in the affirmative.) g An error of Journal, see above note 2. Taken from Journal.

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