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Representing and taxing under new constitutional rules
In a house debate from 1806 on apportionment and slavery, the speaker condemns the three fifths rule and calls for amending the Constitution to base representation on citizens rather than slave population, while arguing against direct taxes tied to population and urging equal political power for all voters.
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