Lays of lowly life, Volume 2

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Page 76 - 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 and normal condition.
Page 76 - 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, and politically.
Page 76 - ... superior race — is his natural and moral condition. This our government is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. It is upon this that our social fabric is firmly planted ; and I cannot permit myself to doubt the ultimate success and the full recognition of this principle throughout the, civilized and enlightened world This stone which was rejected by the first builders ' is become the chief stone

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