 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...Constitution has put at rest/oreuer all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution, — African Slavery as it exists among us, the proper...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.'... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...at rest for ever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution, African slavery. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...rupture of old relations: " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African...proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. Tliis was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast,... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...rupture of old relations: " The new Constitution has pat at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African...Slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of tho negro in oar form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...March, 1861 : — " The new Constitution has put at rest for ever all the Alex. H. agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions, — 'African...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.'... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...the Southern rebellion : "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African...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.'... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...rupture of old relations : " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African...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.'... | |
 | History - 1862 - 36 pages
...has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions—African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of...This was the immediate cause of the late rupture, and of the present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated-this as the rock upon which... | |
 | Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 pages
...agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution—African slavery as it exists among us—the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization....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."... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...the following utterances : " The New Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions, — African...cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this as the ' rock on which the Old Union would split.'... | |
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African slavery as it exists among 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... 
