Nationalism+and+Sectionalism

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Alex Carstensen 3/29/11 The Missouri Compromise was when Missouri wanted to become a State in 1821. For this to happen, the U.S. Senate would have two more senators from slave states than free states. In order to maintain balance in the Senate, Maine became a free state adding two senators from a free state to the Senate. Although it was passed, this compromise is unconstitutional. I believe this based on the facts outlined in the constitution. The Fifth Amendment says that the government can't take property from people without buying it from them. Also, Article 4 Section 3 of the Constitution says that no new state may be formed within the jurisdiction of any state. According to the fifth amendment say that "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation". According the the three fifth's compromise, slaves were not considered people, but they were considered property. So when Missouri became a slave state, Maine became a free state. By the U.S. government making Maine a free state, any slaves that may have lived in Maine were therefore taken and freed by the government. The government did this without giving the "owner" of this "property" compensation and this violates the constitution's fifth amendment, making the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The Missouri Compromise violates Article 4 Section 3 of the constitution. In article 4 section 3, it is said that "no new states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state". At the time, Maine was a part of Massachusetts which gave Massachusetts jurisdiction over Maine. Since Maine was apart of Massachusetts, if Maine became a new state, then this action would violate the constitution because Maine couldn't be admitted as a state. When the government made Maine the 23rd state to create an equal amount of free states and slave states in the constitution, they were taking away Massachusetts' constitutional jurisdiction over Maine. The Missouri Compromise of 1821 was unconstitutional. The Compromise violated the Fifth amendment in the sense that the government took away citizens' property without compensating them. Article 4 Section 3 was also violated because the government took away Massachusetts' jurisdiction over Maine by making it a state. By the government freeing any possible Maine slaves and breaking apart Maine from Massachusetts, it was violating the constitution. The supreme law of the land, the constitution, outlined these laws in the constitution and these laws were violated by the Missouri Compromise.
 * __Missouri Compromise Constitutionality__**

People who had different radical views on slavery lived next to each other and fought.  -the "negroes" were on the floor below -if doy stayed he would get anothe trial but if he left, he was liable to seizure
 * -john Doy was arrested for abducting slaves in MO, trumped up charges

-they left and reached home safely and was regarded as the bravest attempt to free a free-soiler || -What was the evidence that proved him guilty??? Maybe he was framed -that's messed up that event the jails are segregated -i think i would've chosen to leave as well because i would have already lost once so i don;t think i would win a second time -i don't think that i would've been brave enough to risk geting arrested to save a man who would get a second trial anyways || good guys- the friends becuase they helped out doy because they knewq he was innocent bad guys- the legal system because they arrested him and convicted him when he was innocent