We favor the Virginia Plan, in which representation is based on population. States with more people should have greater representation in Congress. Slaves should be counted because they are an important part of our state population, and Congress should not be able to stop us from importing slaves to work on our plantations.
We, the delegates from the small states, insist upon a legislature in which each state receives equal representation.

These excerpts offer different points of view about -

A. a need for a stronger national government

B. representation in Congress

C. slavery in the North

D. protection of individual rights