| American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...recollection of the oldest inhabitant.'" " Last, not least, the new Constitution has put at rest/oreuer all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar...institution, — African Slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...comprehension of all the events which have followed upon the rupture of old relations: " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African Slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...Christian world, in a speech exposing the objects of the Southern rebellion : "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African slavery as it exists among us— the proper status of the negro in our form... | |
| History - 1862 - 36 pages
...Institutions of the North ! SOUTHEBN HATEED OF FKEE INSTITUTIONS. THOUGH last, not least, the new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions—African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...comprehension of all the events which have followed upon the rupture of old relations : " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions — African Slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form... | |
| Charles Sumner - Kansas - 1868 - 208 pages
...are the authentic words of the text. You will find them in the Constitution. Such was the inalterable fabric of the new Government. Nor was there any doubt...cause of the late rupture and present revolution." 56 The Vice-President then announced unequivocally the change that had taken place. Admitting that... | |
| Constitutions - 1863 - 474 pages
...adhesion, and under which he was, and is, acting as Vice President: " The new Constitution," he says, " has put at rest forever all the agitating questions...institution — African slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the... | |
| Eliza Wigham - Antislavery movements - 1863 - 180 pages
...slave-holders' Confederacy, says, " Last, not least, the new constitution has put at rest for ever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar...institution — African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 468 pages
...rebellion is to introduce new principles in government. I shall read from him. " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions, — African slavery •as it exists among us, — the proper status of the negro in our... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 472 pages
...rebellion is to introduce new principles in government. I shall read from him. " The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions, — African slavery as it exists among us, — the proper status of the negro in our... | |
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