 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 equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and...  The Song of Kansas and Other Poems - Page 158by Joel Moody - 1890 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1905 - 606 pages
...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... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...• . 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... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...the leading statesmen at the time of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally, and politically....rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not the equal of the white man; that slavery — subordination to the white man — is his natural and... | |
 | 1864 - 492 pages
...founded upon exactly the opposite idea (negro equality). 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, is his natural and normal condition." The Richmond Enquirer says : — " The war was begun and carried... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1861 - 178 pages
...reference to 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... | |
 | English periodicals - 1861 - 576 pages
...'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, sub' ordination to the superior race, is his " natural and normal condition. This " our new government... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 pages
...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 tlie superior race, is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government, is the first in the... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1862 - 774 pages
...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 slaverj7, in subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new... | |
 | William Taylor - United States - 1862 - 40 pages
...Our new Government is founded on exactly opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, and that slavery or a subordination to a superior race, is his natural or normal condition. This, our... | |
 | Newman Hall - Secession - 1862 - 62 pages
...as man." The VicePresident of the Southern Confederacy said — " Our new government is founded on the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery is his natural and normal condition. Our new government is the first in the history of the world based... | |
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