 Our 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 slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal...  America: A History - Page 195by Robert Mackenzie - 1882 - 564 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... | |
 | 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 to the white man ; that Slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This our new Government... | |
 | 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...negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government,... | |
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...of the races " by the men of the revolution as " a sandy foundation," he says, " our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations...negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government is... | |
 | 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...that slavery is his natural and normal condition. Thus our government is the first t in .the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical,... | |
 | 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 is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. The stone which was rejected... | |
 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...government built upon it — when 'the storm came and the wind blew, it fell.' " Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas: its foundations...negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition. (Applause.) This our new government... | |
 | 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...negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination, is his natural and normal condition." The Richmond Enquirer says : — " The war was... | |
 | 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 to the white man, that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government,... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1861 - 790 pages
...fathers of the Republic on the subject of freedom and equality are wrong. " Our new government," he says, "is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas, its foundations...negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. Thus our new government is... | |
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