Richard+Dobbs+Spaight's+Delegate+Profile

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__Profile Questions__
I am now a Democartic-Republican, and after four years of poor health, I decided to take a brake of my poltitcal life. I decided to travel and regain my health. I later rejoined the North Carolina House of Commons in 1792, and my colleagues in the General Assembly elected me governor. I later left my political life do to poor health. Once again i got back into politics and joined the U.S. House of Representatives in 1798. In 1801, a man by the name of John Stanly, a New Bern Federalist, took my seat while I joined the North Carolina Senate. As a senator, I did in fact miss many votes, do to absences for my poor health. Mr. Stanly later accused me of faking my illness, but i assure you I am not. That's my life so far.
 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background? **
 * Answer: **I was born in 1758 in New Bern, North Carolina. I served as a delegate at the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787, at the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, and I was a prominent North Carolinian advocate of ratification of the Federal Constitution. After the deaths of my parents, I became an orphan. Soon my guardians sent me to Ireland to study. I later studied, and graduated from the University of Glasgow. Once I returned to North Carolina, I immediantely joined the state's militia. After serving in the militia, i entered politics. Later I was elected New Bern's representative to North Carolina's House of Commons. In 1784, I was nominated by Governor Alexander Martin to fill a spot in the First Continental Congress. Do to the possession of my seat, I was led to the role in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.

**Answer:** The national government, because I believe economic potentials can only be realized under a strong national government.
 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why? **


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...? **
 * Answer: **It should be determined by the state's population. The 3/5 Compromise will determine how many free people equal a slave.


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why? **
 * Answer: **The members of the congress should vote for the members of the legislature. We shouldn't change the Articles of Confederation in the constitution, we should work with them. Since the congress would represent the states, so they shall decide who'll serve in the legislature.

**Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why? ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">I believe we should only have one cheif executive. Due to the fact laws and other important discussions would be disagreed upon if it was ran by a group of people. Then if it was just ran by one cheif executive, then there would be no arguments and the decision would be left for him to take care of. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;"> The cheif executive should have powers, but not enough to make him so powerful. One power he will have, will be to veto or pass laws.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">The members of congress should be the ones to elect the cheif executive.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Personally, i believe slavery in the United States isn't a problem. I own well over a dozen slaves, 71 exact, so it should most definently be kept.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: Should slaves count in the population toward representation? Why or why not? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Do to the three-fifths compromise brought up by Roger Sherman, the slaves were counted at 3/5 of a person. I believed that they should have been counted as one whole person. They work on plantations, plantations make money, money pays for taxes. That's how we can get out of debt, by paying taxes from labored slaves.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Question: Should the national government be able to regulate the commerce of the United States? Why or why not? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Answer: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Yes, it should be allowed to regulate the commerce of the United States. The country would be more organized and officiant if trade was regulated by the national government and not by the state government. It make everything much more easier.

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__Friends__

 * 1) William Blount
 * 2) Hugh Williamson
 * 3) Thomas Jefferson
 * 4) Alexander Martin
 * 5) William Davie
 * 6) Benjamin Franklin

__Groups__

 * 1) Southern States
 * 2) University of Glasgow
 * 3) North Carolinians
 * 4) Slave Trade

__Bibliography__

 * "RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT." //U.S. Army Center Of Military History//. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/spaight.htm>.


 * "North Carolina History Project : Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802)." //North Carolina History Project : Encyclopedia//. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. [].
 * "America's Founding Fathers - Delegates to the Constitutional Convention." //National Archives and Records Administration//. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. [].


 * "Biography of Richard Dobbs Spaight | Colonial Hall." //Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers//. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. <http://colonialhall.com/spaight/spaight.php>.