| Universalism - 1862 - 462 pages
...knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This .... was the prevailing idea of the time." The pretence of Southern leaders, that the founders of this... | |
| American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution...Constitution, it is true, secured every essential guaranty to the institution, while it should last ; and hence no argument can be justly used against... | |
| African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...knew not well how to deal " with, but the general opinion of the men of " that day was that, somehow or other, in the "order of Providence, the institution..." it is true, secured every essential guarantee to " their institution while it should last ; and hence "no argument can be justly used against the con"stitutional... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...of Providence, the institution wonld be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not ineorporaJed in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time. The Constitution, it i* true, secured every essential guarantee to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument... | |
| George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution...institution while it should last ; and hence no argument can bo justly used against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment... | |
| Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 pages
...they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution...Constitution, it is true, secured every essential guaranty to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument can be justly used against... | |
| Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 pages
...did not know well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution...idea, though not incorporated in the constitution, waa the prevailing idea at the time. The constitution, it is true, secured every essential guarantee... | |
| John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 152 pages
...they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away." The collision between North and South arises not from Northern aggression, but from the entirely new... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...they knew not well how to deal with; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. Much has been said and written, by the extremists of the abolition party, which has served to inflame... | |
| History - 1862 - 36 pages
...they knew not well how to deal with; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. * * * * Those ideas, however, were fundamenttdly wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality... | |
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