 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally, and politically. 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 the equal of the white man; that slavery... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1861 - 552 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,...is not equal " to the white man — that slavery, sub" ordination to the superior race, is his "natural and normal condition. This " our new government... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...and the idea of a government built upon it; when the ' storm came ».!'! the wind blew, It fell.' " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negrc is not equal to the white man. That Slavery — subordination to the superior race, is his natural... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1861 - 178 pages
...the Bedeemer of Men. Vice-President Stephens says of it, " Its foundations are laid, the corner stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery is subordination to the superior race, — is his natural and normal condition, — the stone which... | |
 | Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 pages
...foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it; when the "storm came and the wind blew, it fell" Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite...man. That slavery— subordination to the superior race—is his natural and moral condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first in the... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - History - 1862 - 328 pages
...principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...slavery — subordination to the superior race — is ced point has been reached. Thirty years ago it was contended " that there was not the slightest moral... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...storm came and the wind blew, it felV " Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas : its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is Jtis natural and moral [normal?] condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in... | |
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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 and... 
