Question

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?
A-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.”
B- 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.”
C- 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.” D-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.”

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Question 5. Answer: 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.”

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Also for the other folks ;)

Question 1. Answer: “The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.”

Question 2. Answer: Yes, he states: “While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength. . .”

Question 3. Answer: With an abolitionist in charge, life for Mississippians will be more difficult than under British rule.

Question 4. Answer: “In the language of the venerated Calhoun I consider the disruption of the Union as a great though not the greatest calamity.”