In every State, a certain proportion of inhabitants are deprived of the right to vote by the constitution of the State, who will be included in the census by which the federal Constitution apportions the representatives. In this point of view the Southern States might retort the complaint, by insisting that the principle laid down by the convention
required that no regard should be had to the policy of particular States towards their own inhabitants; and consequently, that the slaves, as inhabitants, should have been
admitted into the census according to their full number, in like manner with other inhabitants, who, by the policy of other States, are not admitted to all the rights of citizens. A
rigorous adherence, however, to this principle, is waived by those who would be gainers by it. All that they ask is that equal moderation be shown on the other side. Let the case
of the slaves be considered, as it is in truth, a peculiar one.
- James Madison, from Federalist Paper No. 54
In the excerpt above, which compromise is Madison arguing in support of in order to ensure the passage of the Constitution?
The Great Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Compromise over the Electoral College
Compromise over the importation of slaves