#5 Commerce- Slave Trade

Many Southerners were fearful that Congress would try to pay for the new government by taxing exports. Southern Tobacco was the major export in America, and the southerners were fearful that Congress would pay for the new government with the money. The Commerce and Slave Trade compromise said that Congress was not allowed to interfere on the slave trade for at least 20 years. Congress was also not allowed to put taxes on exports of goods from the States. The core democratic value of common good is one value that works for this. The Commerce- Slave trade compromise was for the common good of the majority of people, this prevented the government from interfering with the slave trade, and making the southerners unhappy. Equality is another value that works, making the government and the southerners equal in this compromise.