 | Edward J. Cashin, Glenn T. Eskew - History - 2001 - 264 pages
...feature of the ideal society. "Our new government," he said in a speech in Savannah, "is founded upon, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the...subordination to the superior race is his natural and moral condition." He said that this great truth had been slow to evolve and that the Confederacy was... | |
 | David J Eicher - History - 2002 - 992 pages
...exactly the opposite idea [from abolition]; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests," he said, "upon the great truth that the negro is not equal...superior race — is his natural and normal condition." The rest of Davis's inaugural cabinet, formed over several days following his inauguration, comprised... | |
 | Robert G. Tanner - History - 2001 - 198 pages
...crowd, did not espouse the equality of men; rather, it was "founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery ... is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the... | |
 | Walter Berns - Political Science - 2002 - 164 pages
..."an error." The new Confederate government, he said, is founded upon exactly the opposite idea: Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the...that the negro is not equal to the white man. That slavery—subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new Government,... | |
 | Edward Payson Powell - Constitutional history - 2002 - 476 pages
...the storm came and the wind blew." Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea. Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the...this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. . . . Many governments have been founded upon the principle of the subordination and serfdom of certain... | |
 | Thomas Koys - History - 2002 - 244 pages
...are created equal. The new Confederacy, by contrast is founded upon exactly the opposite idea: its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the...government, is the first in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.97 97. McPherson, What They Fought For, 1861-1865,... | |
 | Don Harrison Doyle - Political Science - 2002 - 152 pages
...when he said: "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea" of human equality; "its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon...superior race — is his natural and normal condition." "With us," Stephens went on, "all of the white race, however high or low, rich or poor, are equal in... | |
 | Sharon R. Krause - Philosophy - 2002 - 294 pages
..."the storm came and the wind blew." Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.149 By the time of the Civil War, then, southern honor had coalesced around the defining... | |
 | the late Robert James Branham, Stephen J. Hartnett - Music - 2002 - 296 pages
...an evil that should pass away, "our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." Stephens's emphatic explanation was applauded by his immediate audience and widely... | |
 | William C. Davis - History - 2002 - 496 pages
...Southern Republic." A few days later he went even further in Savannah, asserting that the Confederacy's "foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." 44 When reports of his speeches got back to Montgomery, Davis and other moderates... | |
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Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; 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... 
