 | Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 pages
...of the leaders at the time of the formation of the old Constitution," entertained the erroneous idea that " the enslavement of the African was in violation...that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, r.nd politically." They erroneously believed "that in the order of Providence the institution would... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 796 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 were, that the enslavement of the African was in violatioa of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 796 pages
...principle, sotiaDy, morally, and politically. It was an evil tiey knew not well how to deal with ; but tis general opinion of the men of that day was, that,...of Providence, the institution would be evanescent a'i I piss away. This idea, though not incorp >rated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at... | |
 | John Young Foster - New Jersey - 1868 - 904 pages
...entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitntion were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in prineiple — soeially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with : bnt... | |
 | Ruth Wills - 1868 - 168 pages
...entertained nt the formation of tlie 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, politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1863 - 550 pages
...entertained at 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, politically. Our now Government is founded on exactly opposite ideas : its foundations are laid, its... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1861 - 866 pages
..."the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization." He says that the prevailing ideas 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 was that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the... | |
 | Horatio Bateman - United States - 1871 - 286 pages
...Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen, at the time of tie formation of the Constitution, was that the enslavement of the African was in violation...in principle — socially, morally, and politically wrong; that it would, in the order of Providence, boon pass away. "But," said Mr. Stephens, " these... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 878 pages
...March, 1861 : — "The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and most of the loading Statesmen, at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Those ideas were, however, fundamentally wrong. Our new government is founded on exactly the opposite... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1873 - 562 pages
...prevailing idea of most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution that the enslavement of the African was in violation...in principle, socially, morally, and politically," he denounces this idea as " fundamentally wrong," and proclaims the new government "founded upon exactly... | |
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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,... 
