"Another reason weighed particularly, with the members from this state, against the insertion of a bill of rights. Such bills generally begin with declaring that all men are by nature born free. Now, we should make that declaration in very bad grace, when a large part of our property consists in men who are actually born slaves." -from a speech to the South Carolina House of Representatives, January 18, 1788, during the ratification debate 1. Does Charles Cotesworth Pinckney support or oppose the bill of rights?

2. Which sentence best states Pinckney's position?