 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,...  LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Page 105by FRANK CROSBY - 1865Full view - About this book
 | J.E. CAIRNES - 1863
...the Yice-President of the Southern Confederacy, " were that the enslavement of the African race wras in 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... | |
 | HENRY WARD BEECHER - 1863
...him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, tuere, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was ivrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically." I thank him for that testimony. 8* - L "... | |
 | Charles Daniel Drake - Missouri - 1864 - 431 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.... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 524 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.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 37 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.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 8 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.... | |
 | 1864
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading •talesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass »way. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864
...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 ря*з away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the... | |
 | Fitzwilliam Sargent - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 184 pages
...Stephens said : " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefterson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other, in the... | |
 | Robert Livingston Stanton, Robert Lodowick Stanton - Slavery - 1864 - 562 pages
...stands, may bo doubted. Tho prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the... | |
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