 | History - 1862 - 36 pages
...stands, mdy be doubted. 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 race was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and... | |
 | William Taylor - United States - 1862 - 40 pages
...entertained at the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African race was a violation of the laws of nature — that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically. Our new Government is founded on exactly opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | 1862 - 36 pages
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 | Constitutions - 1863 - 474 pages
...Jefferson by name — "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.... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - Slavery - 1863 - 22 pages
...ultimate extinction" heresy, too, was shared by these men, as Mr. Stephens thus reminds us: "Slavery was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ;...Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away."'f Reconstruct the Union without New England, and no man who shares these revolutionary sentiments,... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 468 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,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically." I thank him for that testimony. " It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 472 pages
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas enterlained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically." 4 I thank him for that testimony. 8* L " It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...March, 1861 : " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and most of the leading statesmen, at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Those ideas were, however, fundamentally MTong. Our new government is founded on exactly the opposite... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - Slavery - 1863 - 30 pages
...confession : " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jeiferson and most of the leading statesmen, at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally; and politically." The " ultimate extinction" heresy, too, was shared by these men, ae Mr. Stephens thus reminds us: "Slavery... | |
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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,... 
