As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.


June 17 - Addresses to the Virginia Ratifying Convention (1788)

George Mason Quotes

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this ...

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this ...

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this ...

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this ...