...Stephens, speaking as Vice-President of the Confederate States, declared that the Confederacy 'rested ' upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the ' white man . . . that subordination to the superior race is his ' natural and moral condition.' These words, spoken more...

...• . TUNE. " Our new government is founded upon exactly opposite ideas. Its corner-stone rests on the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man — that slavery is his natural and normal condition. Thus our government is the first t in .the history of the world...

...LATE BUPTUEE. . . . Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea (negro equality). Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon...equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination, is his natural and normal condition." The Richmond Enquirer says : — " The war was begun and carried...

...were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not the equal of the white man; that slavery...

...and the idea of a government built upon it; when the ' storm came ».!'! the wind blew, It fell.' " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negrc is not equal to the white man. That Slavery — subordination to the superior race, is his natural...

...came ' and the wind blew, it fell/ Our new "government is founded upon exactly " the opposite ideas ; its foundations are "laid, its corner-stone rests,...is not equal " to the white man — that slavery, sub" ordination to the superior race, is his "natural and normal condition. This " our new government...

...the Bedeemer of Men. Vice-President Stephens says of it, " Its foundations are laid, the corner stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery is subordination to the superior race, — is his natural and normal condition, — the stone which...

...foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it; when the "storm came and the wind blew, it fell" Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite...man. That slavery— subordination to the superior race—is his natural and moral condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first in the...

...storm came and the wind blew, it felV " Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas : its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is Jtis natural and moral [normal?] condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in...

...principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...slavery — subordination to the superior race — is ced point has been reached. Thirty years ago it was contended " that there was not the slightest moral...