 | 1905 - 606 pages
...Stephens, speaking as Vice-President of the Confederate States, declared that the Confederacy 'rested ' upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the ' white man . . . that subordination to the superior race is his ' natural and moral condition.' These words, spoken more... | |
 | 1863 - 640 pages
...• . TUNE. " Our new government is founded upon exactly opposite ideas. Its corner-stone rests on the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man — that slavery is his natural and normal condition. Thus our government is the first t in .the history of the world... | |
 | 1864 - 492 pages
...founded upon exactly the opposite idea (negro equality). 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, is his natural and normal condition." The Richmond Enquirer says : — " The war was begun and carried... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...principle socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not the equal of the white man; that slavery — subordination to the white man — is his natural and... | |
 | 1861 - 178 pages
...reference to the Bedeemer of Men. Vice-President Stephens says of it, " Its foundations are laid, the corner stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery is subordination to the superior race, — is his natural and normal condition, — the stone which... | |
 | 1861 - 576 pages
...'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, sub' ordination to the superior race, is his " natural and normal condition. This " our new government... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - 1862 - 152 pages
...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...subordination to the superior race, is his natural &nd moral condition. (Applause.) This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world,... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1862 - 344 pages
...Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not...slavery — subordination to the superior race — is ced point has been reached. Thirty years ago it was contended " that there was not the slightest moral... | |
 | George Livermore - 1862 - 246 pages
...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...that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is Jtis natural and moral [normal?] condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in... | |
 | Garrett Davis - 1862 - 26 pages
...new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal...man. That slavery— subordination to the superior race—is his natural and moral condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first in the... | |
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Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; 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... 
