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IOW, the slave states demanded a census to ensure that the growth in the slave population would always weigh on representation, but in introducing that dynamism, they helped create one of the conditions for the emergence of an anti-slavery political majority in the north. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidAstinWalsh that's a much more idealist view than the one van cleve is taking, i think. his argument is that by introducing the principle of dynamic representation of populations, you lay the groundwork for upturning political consensus should the shape of the populations change — PolitiTweet.org