FOOTNOTES:
[627] St. Clair Papers, vol. i. p. 120.
[628] The clause "three fifths of all other persons" refers to Negro slaves. The Italics are our own. The Negro is referred to as person all through the Constitution.
[629] Madison Papers, Elliot, vol. v. pp. 392, 393.
[630] Ibid., vol. v pp. 391, 392.
[631] Madison Papers, Elliot, vol. v. pp. 457-461.
[632] Madison Papers, Elliot, vol. v. pp. 477, 478.
[633] Examine Hildreth and the Secret Debates on the subject of the "compromises."
[634] Travels, etc., vol. ii. p. 166.
[635] M.H.S. Coll., 5th Series, III., p. 403.