 | Sharon R. Krause - Philosophy - 2002 - 294 pages
...March of 1861: The prevailing ideas entertained by [Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution,...wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically . . . Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality... | |
 | G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 356 pages
...particular system of political morality, or any other morality for that matter. "The prevailing ideas ... at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...the African was in violation of the laws of nature," Stephens said on March 21, 1861. "Those ideas; however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon... | |
 | Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...among us — the proper "status" of the Negro in our form of civilization. The prevailing ideas at the time of the formation of the old constitution...in "principle," socially, morally and politically. Those ideas were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of the races.... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Economics - 2004 - 472 pages
...says the Vicepresident of the Southern Confederacy, " were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Business & Economics - 2004 - 376 pages
...formation of the old Constitution," says Mr. Stephens, " were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its... | |
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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,... 
