 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...forecast, had anticipated this, as the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact....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,... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...immediate cause "of the late rupture and present revolution. " The prevailing ideas entertained by "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;... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...anticipated this as the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjectare with him, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully...leading statesmen at the time of the formation of tho old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...this as the ' rock upon which the old Dnion would split.' He was right. What was conjecture wittfhim, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended...rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideal entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1861 - 552 pages
...of the Constitution of the Confederate States, " The prevailing ideas enter" tainod by Mr. 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 law of '... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...his forecast, had anticipated this as the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact....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... | |
 | Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 pages
...forecast, had anticipated this, as the " rock upon which the old Union would split." He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact....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;... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...his forecast, had anticipated this as the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What' was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact....leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the lawn of nature... | |
 | History - 1862 - 36 pages
...his forecast, had anticipated-this as the rock upon which the old Union would split. He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact....great truth upon which that rock stood, and stands, mdy be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 152 pages
...states. Says Mr. Stephens (Vice-President CSA) : " The prevailing ideas entertained by him (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... | |
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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,... 
