It was useful because it gave the people a sense for national interest and unity under a single culture, goal, belief, or whatever you may call it. The country was not unified until them and now they could all work together to keep the nation growing.
An abolitionist (see abolitionism) of the nineteenth century. Douglass, an escaped slave, was an especially captivating speaker. His autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, tells of the violence he suffered because of his beliefs. Late in his life, he attacked Jim Crow laws.
The difference is the Vice President has more political power.
