Blog 5 questions and the constitution

When writing up the constitution of the United States of America the founding fathers had many questions to answer. The founding fathers were not trying to make a temporary government; they were making a government that would last forever. However, they were not trying to make a perfect utopian society. What the founding fathers were trying to do was unheard of, it had never been done before and because of this they had many questions they had to ask and answer to be able to write such a magnificent document like the declaration of independence.
What I see as the biggest debate in the constitution is slavery. All of the delegates had different views on slavery and it divided all of the delegates. Because of this debate the worlds slave or slavery are never mentioned in the constitution. I believe this is happened because God inspired the United States of Americas constitution. Because it is a divinely inspired document it of course it would not mention slavery. The topic of slavery separated America in the north and south. Because the congress was in Philadelphia the southern delegates had to come up to defend slavery. The congress did have to find a middle ground to make both the north and the south happy. The middle ground decided was that a slave counted as 3/5 of a person, that other states were required to return fugitive slaves and that the continental slave trade would be ended for twenty years. Most of these were a good middle ground for the north and the south. But I do feel that some of the clauses did give the south more power, for example the slaves having 3/5 of a vote gave the south many more votes then it would have had without it. This gave the south a lot more power in the house and congress. Another thing that I felt that the north lost on was that fugitive slaves had to be returned. However, I feel that the big loss on this decision to put that in the constitution came many years later in the Dred Scott decision. This decision made slavery legal property and could never be citizens in the United States. This decision greatly changed slave life in America until the American Civil War. Slavery was not fully tackled while making the constitution. It was just put off for 20 years to be solved later.
Another question that the founding fathers had to talk about was the Virginia plan. At this time Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in Europe as ambassadors at the time so James Madison and other delegates had to take lead in the constitution. James Madison is known as the father of the constitution mainly for his writing of the Virginia plan. Even though the Virginia plan ultimately won there was also the New Jersey plan that was proposed by William Patterson. The New Jersey plan was similar today’s United Nation with equal representation. However, It did not get adopted and James Madison two house Virginia plan won and was voted to be part of the constitution and be Americas government.
In this blog I have only briefly covered the questions that the founding fathers ask. I feel that the most important question that slavery was the most important part of drafting the constitution and because of this I felt that I had to talk about slavery the most. Slavery was a big issue as it was in the past and once again was just put aside for the time being to be picked up again later. Besides this I know that that the constitutional congress did do everything right. A two house is the best way to have a government because it solves the needs of the people and the needs of the states.