 | John Elliott Cairnes - Colonies - 1873 - 452 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... | |
 | 1874 - 810 pages
...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 - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 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...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 - 656 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 - 570 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 - 328 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...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 - 320 pages
...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 - 558 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 - 478 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...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 - 448 pages
...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... | |
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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,... 
