 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,...  LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Page 105by FRANK CROSBY - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Universalism - 1862
...Constitution, says : " The prevailing ideas entertained by him [Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This .... was the prevailing idea of the time." The pretence of Southern leaders, that the founders... | |
 | Universalism - 1861
...numbers of Dr. Bailey's " Facts for the People," 1853. Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of the day was that, somehow or other in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent... | |
 | 1863
...stands may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | African Americans - 1858
...rupture and present revolution. " The prevailing ideas entertained by "most of the leading statesmen at the time of " the formation of the old Constitution...Providence, the institution would be " evanescent, and pass away. This idea, though "not incorporated in the Constitution, was the " prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideal entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...other, in the order of Providence, the institution wonld be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not ineorporaJed in the Constitution, was the... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861
...prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of tho old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the...that day was, that somehow or other, in the order or Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1861
...States, " The prevailing ideas enter" tainod by Mr. Jefferson and most of " the leading statesmen at the time of " the formation of the old constitution...enslavement of the ' African was in violation of the law of ' nature — that it was wrong in principle, ' socially, morally, and politically. . . . ' Those... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - United States - 1862
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 124 pages
...(Vice-President CSA) : " The prevailing ideas entertained by him (Jefferson) and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution,...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away." The collision between North and South arises not from Northern aggression, but from the entirely... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 236 pages
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
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