...that slavery was the "immediate cause" of Southern secession, stating, "Our Confederacy is founded upon . . . the great truth that the Negro is not equal...slavery — subordination to the superior race, is the natural and normal condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of the world,...

...the "Old" Union, the Confederacy did not stand for the equality of the races. Rather, he continued: "Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."53 And Stephens was hardly alone. States' rights was a means to the end of preserving slavery...

..."Cornerstone Address," Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens declared that the new government's "foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." Confederate apologists have long dismissed Stephens 's speech as an unauthorized,...

...after his return from the Montgomery convention that voted for secession, Stephens said of slavery: "Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon...truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; subordination to the superior race is his natural and moral condition."7 The Northern spy Allan Pinkerton,...

...foundation, and the idea of a Government built upon it — when the "storm came and the wind blew, it fell." Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this...

...Constitution, including the following: Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests,...superior race - is his natural and normal condition. Stephens himself explained this statement in his Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States,...

...is founded upon exactly the opposite idea [of equality recited in the Declaration of Independence]; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.12 ( Slaves on the Move The initial Northern response to the Confederate states' secession...

...oft-quoted speech at the Athenaeum on Bull Street in Savannah, in which he stated that the Confederacy's "cornerstone. . . rests upon the great truth, that...superior race — is his natural and normal condition." Though racism was rampant in the Confederacy, it was nearly as common — some would say more so —...

...rested. In the words of Confederate vice president Alexander Stephens, the new republic gloried in the "great truth, that the Negro is not equal to the...superior race — is his natural and normal condition." Admittedly, as a measure of desperation, in the last months of the war the Confederate Congress voted...

...all men are created equal. The Confederacy, in contrast, "is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...Government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."3 After the war, however, Davis and Stephens...