In a message dated 2/12/2002 12:41:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>  The 3/5s formula adopted in the Phila convention for
>  representation was based on percentage already in use by the Confederation
> Congress
>  to assess state quotas for support of the national government.
>  After adoption of the Constitution, the advantage deriving to southern
> states was a
>  sore spot with many New Englanders -
 The only formulas that I find in the Articles of Confederation are for the
cost of the war allocated by "the value of all land" in a state(Art VIII),
and the cost of the "national government" (the administration of the
Congress), based on the "number of white inhabitants" (Art IX). I don't have
Ames handy, but how would "state quotas" allow a different formula, i.e., the
3/5ths rule?
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