The quote that I picked from reading Webster's article is "Now, Sir, upon the general nature and influence of slavery there exists a wide difference of opinion between the northern portion of this country and the southern".
This quote has to do with the sentiments from the North towards slavery and the different opinion that they had about it and opinions have to do with the different interest that they had towards slavery and slaves.
Division from the north and the south have been seen for a long time, each one has different opinions on slavery. I would say that one of the reasons that the North would not agree with slavery in the South is because it would slow down economic growth since the South continued to use slavery and the North was beginning to industrialize and therefore slavery was a barrier to industrialization in the whole country. I agree that if one side of the country is against the other it will be really hard and almost impossible to to succeed and accomplish anything as a society and to meet everyone's needs and interests. At this point, there was an industrial side vs. an agricultural side and the question would be what would be best for America? so both sides had their own opinion and were functioning as if they were separate countries. So each one wanted to succeed in attain their interest in a completely different way. I do not agree that the North really cared about abolition of slavery, but they cared more about succeeding economically and since they didn't need slaves and the South relied on slaves for labor. And not to defend the South because I do not agree with slavery because it goes against a person's will, but the South needed slaves to work on the plantations because this side of the country has huge plantations and slaves were a cheap labor force. Reading this article gave me a different perspective on how the government looks at the interest of the American society and why certain choices are made based on the best interest for all.
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