The first part of this quote states that “Written Constitutions are worthless, unless they are written, at the same time, in our hearts and founded on the interests of the people.” This means …show more content…
However, according to this quote, Jamison was against the idea of war. Jamison states that “all efforts to preserve this Union will not only be fruitless, but fatal to the less numerous section.” This means that Jamison believed that any effort to keep the South and North united would fail, including going to war. Additionally, he also said that the effort would be fatal to the less numerous section. The population of the northern states had reached approximately 23 million by 1860 and the southern states had a population of 9 million, in which 39% were slaves. Therefore, Jamison was implying that the South, which had a much lower population than the North, would be destroyed in the attempt to keep the Union