 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,...  The Civil War in America - Page 67by Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923Full view - About this book
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...numbers of Dr. Bailey's " Facts for the People," 1853. 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 ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically.... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...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 old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally,... | |
 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands may be doubted. 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,... | |
 | 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;... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1861 - 552 pages
...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 ' nature — that it was wrong in principle, ' socially, morally, and... | |
 | English periodicals - 1861 - 576 pages
...superiority of the Constitution of the Confederate States, " The prevailing ideas enter" tained 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 '... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...truth upon which that 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 Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1862 - 774 pages
...secession to the last, Mr. Alexander H. Stevens, in a speech at Savannah, March 21, 1861, said : " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the foundation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation... | |
 | William Taylor - United States - 1862 - 40 pages
...which has been often quoted, but with which I must trouble you again : — ' The ideas entertained at the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African race was a violation of the laws of nature — that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically.... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 152 pages
...respective 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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