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" 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 normal condition. "
The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War - Page 253
by Kenneth M. Stampp - 1981 - 320 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...subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This our new Government is the first in the history of the world based upon this...
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The Church

1862
...Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid. The cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. The stone which was rejected by the first builders is become the chief stone of the...
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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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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11

American essays - 1863 - 844 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...superior race, is his natural and moral condition. (Applause.) This our new government is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1

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...
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Daniel Webster: An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue ...

Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 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...subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this...
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The American Rebellion: Some Facts and Reflections for the Consideration of ...

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 60 pages
...Government ia 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...superior race, is his natural and moral condition. THE AMERICAN RBBBLLION. has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the...
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American Presbyterian and Theological Review

Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1861 - 790 pages
...says, "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...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. Thus our new government is the first in the world based upon this great physical,...
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The Great Issues Now Before the Country: An Oration

Edward Everett - Fourth of July celebrations - 1861 - 52 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 to...subordination to the superior race— is his natural and normal condition. Thus our new government is the first in the history, of the world based upon this...
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