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, morally,... Politics and Pen Pictures at Home and Abroad - Seite 317von Henry Washington Hilliard - 1892 - 445 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 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,...wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of the day... | |
| 1863 - 844 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...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day... | |
| 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... | |
| 1858 - 1094 Seiten
...rupture and present revolution. " The prevailing ideas entertained by "most of the leading statesmen at the time of " the formation of the old Constitution...in "principle, socially, morally, and politically. It "was an evil they knew not well how to deal " with, but the general opinion of the men of " that... | |
| Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 Seiten
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideal entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day... | |
| Orville James Victor - 1861 - 572 Seiten
...prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of tho old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day... | |
| 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,...in principle, 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... | |
| George Livermore - 1862 - 246 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,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day... | |
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