 | 1862 - 462 pages
...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,...general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This... | |
 | 1863 - 844 pages
...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,...general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. This... | |
 | 1858 - 1094 pages
...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,...general opinion of the men of " that day was that, somehow or other, in the "order of Providence, the institution would be " evanescent, and pass away.... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 pages
...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,...the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution wonld be evanescent and pass away. This... | |
 | 1861 - 576 pages
...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... | |
 | George Livermore - 1862 - 246 pages
...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,...general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. This... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - 1862 - 152 pages
...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,...the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away." The... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 764 pages
...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,...the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This... | |
 | 1862 - 36 pages
...the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle,...general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent, and pass away. *... | |
 | Garrett Davis - 1862 - 26 pages
...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,...the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This... | |
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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,... 
