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... fact . But , whether he fully comprehended the great truth upon which that rock stood , and stands , may be doubted . The prevailing ideas entertained by him , and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old ...
... fact . But , whether he fully comprehended the great truth upon which that rock stood , and stands , may be doubted . The prevailing ideas entertained by him , and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old ...
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... fact , that the Yan- kees are humbugs , and that the white people of the slavehold- ing States are the true masters -- the real rulers of this con- tinent . Under every disadvantage on our side , the prepara- tions for the combat were ...
... fact , that the Yan- kees are humbugs , and that the white people of the slavehold- ing States are the true masters -- the real rulers of this con- tinent . Under every disadvantage on our side , the prepara- tions for the combat were ...
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... fact , the only question really involved in the present contest . The Yankee may become sick of the war , and is capable of descending from a demand of our service and fealty to begging the privilege of peddling his wooden nutmegs and ...
... fact , the only question really involved in the present contest . The Yankee may become sick of the war , and is capable of descending from a demand of our service and fealty to begging the privilege of peddling his wooden nutmegs and ...
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... fact never success- fully controverted , we may suppose that he shares the senti- ments and feelings of his African kin . Neither is it im- probable that an instinctive sense of incongruity and impro- priety of an individual of negro ...
... fact never success- fully controverted , we may suppose that he shares the senti- ments and feelings of his African kin . Neither is it im- probable that an instinctive sense of incongruity and impro- priety of an individual of negro ...
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... facts we call your atten- tion : - First . The moderation of our own government and the fanatical madness of our enemies have dispersed all differ- ences of opinion among our people , and united them forever in the war of independence ...
... facts we call your atten- tion : - First . The moderation of our own government and the fanatical madness of our enemies have dispersed all differ- ences of opinion among our people , and united them forever in the war of independence ...
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SOUTHERN HATRED OF THE AMER GO William Lloyd 1805-1879 Garrison, Comp,Ya Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congr No preview available - 2016 |
SOUTHERN HATRED OF THE AMER GO William Lloyd 1805-1879 Garrison, Comp,Ya Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congr No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 3 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 3 - He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended the great truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 4 - It is, indeed, in conformity with the Creator. It is not for us to inquire into the wisdom of his ordinances, or to question them. For his own purposes he has made one race to differ from another, as he has made ' one star to differ from another in glory.
Page 3 - The new constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution, African slavery as it exists amongst us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this as the " rock upon which the old Union would split.
Page 4 - The great objects of humanity are best attained when conformed to His laws and decrees, in the formation of governments as well as in all things else. Our Confederacy is founded upon principles in strict conformity with these laws. This stone, which was rejected by the first builders, 'is become the chief stone of the corner
Page 22 - Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he kr.oweth that he hath but a short time.
Page 3 - The prevailing ideas entertained by [Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 19 - When a long course of class legislation, directed not to the general welfare, but to the aggrandizement of the Northern section of the Union, culminated in a warfare on the domestic institutions of the Southern States; when the dogmas of a sectional party, substituted for the provisions of the constitutional compact, threatened to destroy the sovereign rights of the States, six of those States, withdrawing from the Union, confederated together to exercise the right and perform the duty of instituting...
Page 19 - Bastiles filled with prisoners, arrested without civil process or indictment duly found; the writ of habeas corpus suspended by Executive mandate; a State Legislature controlled by the imprisonment of members whose avowed principles suggested to the Federal Executive that there might be another added to the list of seceded States; elections held under threats of a military power; civil officers...
Page 2 - Free society! We sicken of the name. What is it but a conglomeration of greasy mechanics, filthy operatives, small-fisted farmers, and moonstruck theorists? All the Northern and especially the New England States are devoid of society fitted for well-bred gentlemen.