 | Robert David Sack - Philosophy - 2003 - 316 pages
...incorrect assumption that all men are created equal, but rather "founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...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 on this... | |
 | Laughlin McDonald - History - 2003 - 266 pages
...he delivered in Savannah on March 21, 1861. The foundations of the Confederate government, he said, are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral 4 Bryanv. Walton, 14 Ga. 185, 198, 202 (1853). i DredScottv. Sandford, 60 US (19 How.) 393, 407... | |
 | Mark K. Christ - History - 2003 - 156 pages
..."assumption of the equality of races. This was an error." Instead, the new government's cornerstone rested "upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition."2 A less well-known Southerner, a plantation mistress from North Carolina, would put it... | |
 | Joseph T. Glatthaar - United States - 2002 - 100 pages
...explained its purpose best when he declared, 'Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery ... is his natural and normal condition.' Northerners, by contrast, rallied around the flag for the... | |
 | Charles Reagan Wilson, Mark Silk - History - 2005 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Business & Economics - 2004 - 376 pages
...it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone...subordination to the superior race — is his natural and moral condition. This our government is the first in the history of the world based upon this great... | |
 | Alexander Tsesis - Law - 2004 - 229 pages
...Confederate vice president, Alexander Stephens, explained that the "cornerstone" of his government rested "upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal...superior race, is his natural and normal condition." Confederate symbols embrace a message that is very different than the one expressed in national symbols... | |
 | David Hackett Fischer - History - 2005 - 880 pages
...of the Confederacy, told a meeting of Savannah's leading citizens in 1861, "Our new government . . . rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." Many Confederates agreed with Stephens that ideas of liberty in the old Union were... | |
 | Michael Lee Lanning - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 344 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charles Reagan Wilson, Mark Silk - History - 2005 - 236 pages
...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... | |
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Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon, the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal... 
