Is the Constitution a Weapon to Fight Slavery?

William howard day fundamentally disagreed. He took the view that although the constitution could be construed or interpreted as pro slavery, he refused to interpret it that way. Day went on to give a pragmatic explanation for why he wanted to rely on the constitution as a weapon to fight against slavery. The compromise constitution did enshrine slavery. And we are all, according to congressional enactments, involved in the horrible system of human bondage by virtue of the fact that congress had enacted the fugitive slave act. Douglas was saying, every one who voted for congress was morally implicated in the perpetuation of slavery.