 | United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...of the Constitution, was that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with;...Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. Much has been said and written, by the extremists of the abolition party, which has served to... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 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,...socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they did not know well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1862 - 692 pages
...revolution. The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and by most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 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,...enslavement of the African was in violation of the lawn of nature : that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil... | |
 | Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 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...that the enslavement of the African was in violation of'the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Slavery - 1862 - 172 pages
...says the Vice-President 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... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1862 - 774 pages
...at the time of the foundation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of na'ture ; that it...in principle, socially, morally, and politically". " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
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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,... 
