 | James M. McPherson - History - 1995 - 188 pages
...condemned the discriminatory immigration and naturalization policies that the Know-Nothings advocated. "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal,'" he wrote. "We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes. ' When the Know-Nothings... | |
 | Avard Tennyson Fairbanks - 2002 - 184 pages
...could anyone who abhors the oppressing of Negros be in favor of degrading classes of white people? As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are...practically read it, 'all men are created equal except Negros.' When the know-nothings get control, it will read, 'All men are created equal except Negros,... | |
 | Daniel J. Tichenor - Political Science - 2009 - 400 pages
...Lincoln wrote the following in response to the stunning successes of the American Party during the 1850s: "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring 4all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 4all men are created equal, except negroes?... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 804 pages
...people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.1 When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes,... | |
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - Philosophy - 2003 - 852 pages
...more precisely, his patriotism was uncommonly moderate and reasonable. Thus, in 1855, Lincoln wrote: Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes? When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners,... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll - History - 2003 - 652 pages
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes and foreigners... | |
 | Forrest Church - History - 2003 - 196 pages
...foremost in his mind. "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid," he wrote in 1855. "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men...read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes' " Lincoln adopted this refrain as his mantra. Speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia shortly... | |
 | Charles M. Hubbard - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 270 pages
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "a// men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes.... | |
 | Eric H. Walther - History - 2004 - 240 pages
...The United States had Henry Wilson Library of Congress begun in 1776 with a declaration that all were equal. "We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes,' " lamented Lincoln. If nativists took over the government, he prophesied, "it will read 'all men are... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 pages
...Romanism," and found the Know-Nothings, even more than the Calhounites, a standing repudiation of what, "as a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equaL'" That had not prevented the Know-Nothings from trying to recruit him in 1854 as a state legislative... | |
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Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes. 
