 | 1874
...prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the forma-^ tion of the old constitution, were that the enslavement...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded 'upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Slavery - 1877
...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...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - New York (State) - 1879 - 619 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 the order of Providence, the institution would become evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1909 - 519 pages
...stands may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading 25 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.... | |
 | John Temple Graves, Clark Howell, Walter Williams - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1909
...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...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at that time.... | |
 | Slavery - 1863
...present revolution. Tho prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and most of the leading statesmen ac 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... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - United States - 1910 - 407 pages
...statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution [the Constitution of the United States] was that the enslavement of the African was in violation...principle — socially, morally, and politically. . . , Our new government [the Southern Confederacy] is founded upon exactly the opposite idea ; its... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913
...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...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - Constitutions - 1916
...Jefferson who said that : "The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen of the time of the formation of the old constitution...in principle, socially, morally, and politically" — "our government" said Stephens (The Southern Confederacy) "is founded upon exactly the opposite... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Public lands - 1916
...in time follow. " 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. . . . These ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality... | |
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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,... 
