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" 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... "
The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland - Page 316
by Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - 1864 - 1988 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 201

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...
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Fourth of July Orations, Volume 1

1863 - 538 pages
...rests upon exactly the opposite ideas ; that its foundations are laid and its corner-stone reposes upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal...first in the history of the world based upon this physical, philosophical, and moral truth." So little foundation is there for the statement, that the...
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Address Delivered Before the Harvard Musical Association in the Chapel of ...

William Wetmore Story - Music - 1842 - 196 pages
...Confederate States, announces this monstrous doctrine : — "The foundations of our new Government are laid; its corner-stone rests upon the great truth...subordination to the superior race — is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this...
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 18

Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...as " a sandy foundation," he says, " our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...normal condition. This, our new government is the Jirst in tJie history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical and moral truth !...
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The Church

1862
...adds, " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid. The cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the negro...superior race, is his natural and normal condition. The stone which was rejected by the first builders is become the chief stone of the corner in our new...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 76

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...
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Charles Sumner's speech on the origin and mainspring of the American rebellion

Charles Sumner - 1846 - 88 pages
...to the superior race— is the negro's natural and normal condition; that it is the first government in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth ; and that the stone which was rejected by the first builders is, in the new edifii-e. become the chief...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11

American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...came and the wind blew, it fell.' " Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas: its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition. (Applause.) This our new government is the first, in the history of the world, based...
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...that the negro is not the equal of the white man; that slavery — subordination to the white man — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new...this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. The great objects of humanity are best attained when there is conformity to the Creator's laws and...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1

1864 - 492 pages
...LATE BUPTUEE. . . . Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea (negro equality). Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon...equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination, is his natural and normal condition." The Richmond Enquirer says : — " The war was begun and carried...
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