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" 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,... "
American Presbyterian and Theological Review - Page 528
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 18

Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...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. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of the day...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11

American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day...
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...the leading statesmen at the time of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally, and politically....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...
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Christian Pamphlets, Volume 8

African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...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...in "principle, socially, morally, and politically. It "was an evil they knew not well how to deal " with, but the general opinion of the men of " that...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 4

English periodicals - 1861 - 576 pages
...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 politically. . . . ' Those ideas, however, were fundamen' tally wrong. They rested on the ' assumption of the equality...
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The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an ...

John Elliott Cairnes - Slavery - 1862 - 172 pages
...time of the formation of the old Constitution," says the Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, " were that the enslavement of the African race was...morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth...
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Southern Hatred of the American Government, the People of the North, and ...

History - 1862 - 36 pages
...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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with; but the general opinion of the men of that day...
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An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the ...

George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 1

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day...
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