The colony of South Carolina has decided to join the Anti-Federalists. The idea of a very powerful national government and power in the hands of the wealthy scares us quite a bit. The fact that most of our population are farmers and not the high class merchants that will have all of the power in this new constitution does not sound favorable for us, or any of the other states that rely on the same things that we do, like farming! Also, doesn't a government with a lot of power sound like another place we know? A place that we all chose to leave? If we allow this new constitution, we will end up in the same place that we were in in England. Only the wealthy and high class, as well as the King, have any power, and the rest of us are forced to do and say what we are told. That wasn't the picture for America guys! This is the land of new opportunities, and if we strip away our freedoms through all of these new recommendations, then we might as well all move back to England.
Tyler Perry
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
In Reply...
To Whom It May Concern,
First of all, you are welcome. I believe that slaves are slaves for a reason, and should be treated as such. Therefore, once to pay to own one, you should have them for life.
Secondly, the thought of you levying taxes for certain people does not bring a smile to my face. That means less money for you, which overall means less money for me.
And finally, I don't care what you think. I am the King, and I can do as I please. I like money, and taxing you directly gives me more of it.
Sincerely,
The King of England
First of all, you are welcome. I believe that slaves are slaves for a reason, and should be treated as such. Therefore, once to pay to own one, you should have them for life.
Secondly, the thought of you levying taxes for certain people does not bring a smile to my face. That means less money for you, which overall means less money for me.
And finally, I don't care what you think. I am the King, and I can do as I please. I like money, and taxing you directly gives me more of it.
Sincerely,
The King of England
A Letter...
Dearest King,
I am writing you today to tell you that I, and the colony of South Carolina, are fully and loyally behind your stance on slavery in the colonies. Seeing as our colony's population is 61% slaves, and that more than 50% of the slaves that come into America come through Charleston, we would hate to see all of that revenue and commerce leave! Also, our rice production has sky rocketed, and seeing as rice is our main source of income, and slaves are the ones that contribute the most to all of the labor that it takes to produce the rice, we appreciate the fact that you want them to stay, and that we are allowed to buy them for life!
On the topic of slavery... I do not appreciate the fact that you and your advisers denied us the right to try and increase our white population by promising incentives to those who come in! With slavery being so prevalent in South Carolina, and the need for slavery due to the high demand for rice and other products, we are outnumbered! I don't want a re-occurrence of the Stono Rebellion, where more than 20 of our men died to the hands of slaves! And I am fearful that, by you denying us the right to provide some incentive for people to move in, our white population will not increase, and something like that will happen again! The blood will be on your hands!
Lastly, I must say that I do not like this idea of direct taxation on our paper materials! We work very hard on producing and shipping the things that we have here in America to you in England, and the fact that you want to take more from us is just preposterous! The least that you could do is let us have some representation in the things that involve us! No taxation without representation!
Humbly,
Tyler Perry
The Royal Governor of South Carolina
I am writing you today to tell you that I, and the colony of South Carolina, are fully and loyally behind your stance on slavery in the colonies. Seeing as our colony's population is 61% slaves, and that more than 50% of the slaves that come into America come through Charleston, we would hate to see all of that revenue and commerce leave! Also, our rice production has sky rocketed, and seeing as rice is our main source of income, and slaves are the ones that contribute the most to all of the labor that it takes to produce the rice, we appreciate the fact that you want them to stay, and that we are allowed to buy them for life!
On the topic of slavery... I do not appreciate the fact that you and your advisers denied us the right to try and increase our white population by promising incentives to those who come in! With slavery being so prevalent in South Carolina, and the need for slavery due to the high demand for rice and other products, we are outnumbered! I don't want a re-occurrence of the Stono Rebellion, where more than 20 of our men died to the hands of slaves! And I am fearful that, by you denying us the right to provide some incentive for people to move in, our white population will not increase, and something like that will happen again! The blood will be on your hands!
Lastly, I must say that I do not like this idea of direct taxation on our paper materials! We work very hard on producing and shipping the things that we have here in America to you in England, and the fact that you want to take more from us is just preposterous! The least that you could do is let us have some representation in the things that involve us! No taxation without representation!
Humbly,
Tyler Perry
The Royal Governor of South Carolina
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