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... The Song of Kansas and Other Poems - Page 158by Joel Moody - 1890 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...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...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 comprehended... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...Slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. Tliis was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present...anticipated 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... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...world, in a speech exposing the objects of the Southern rebellion : "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating...the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...the events which have followed upon the rupture of old relations : " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating...the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What' was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended... | |
| George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...Savannah, on the 21st of March, 1861 : — " The new Constitution has put at rest for ever all the Alex. H. agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions,...the ' rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. Alex. H. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact. But ' whether he fully... | |
| 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....the " rock upon which the old Union would split." He was right. What was conjecture with him is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended... | |
| Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 452 pages
...put to rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions. . . . Slavery was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present...' the rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen of his time... | |
| Agénor comte de Gasparin - Great Britain - 1862 - 468 pages
...put to rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions. . . . Slavery was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present...' the rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen of his time... | |
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