 | 1861 - 462 Seiten
...numbers of Dr. Bailey's " Facts for the People," 1853. Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of the day was that, somehow or other in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 Seiten
...revolution. The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded upon exactly the... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1861 - 552 Seiten
...States, " The prevailing ideas enter" tainod by Mr. Jefferson and most of " the leading statesmen at the time of " the formation of the old constitution...enslavement of the ' African was in violation of the law of ' nature — that it was wrong in principle, ' socially, morally, and politically. . . . ' Those... | |
 | 1861 - 576 Seiten
...formation of the old constitution "were, that the enslavement of the ' African was in violation of the law of ' nature — that it was wrong in principle, ' socially, morally, and politically. . . . ' Those ideas, however, were fundamen' tally wrong. They rested on the ' assumption of the equality... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - 1862 - 252 Seiten
...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,...socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they did not know well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow... | |
 | 1862 - 692 Seiten
...revolution. The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and by most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1862 - 554 Seiten
...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,...enslavement of the African was in violation of the lawn of nature : that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil... | |
 | Garrett Davis - 1862 - 26 Seiten
...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...that the enslavement of the African was in violation of'the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...at the time of the foundation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of na'ture ; that it...in principle, socially, morally, and politically". " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1862 - 172 Seiten
...says the Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, " were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
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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,... 
