 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1873 - 452 páginas
...formation of the old Constitution," says Mr. Stephens, " were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its... | |
 | 1874 - 810 páginas
...prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the forma-^ tion of the old constitution, were that the enslavement...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded 'upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 566 páginas
...time of the formation of the old Constitution that the enslavement of the African was in violatiou of the Laws of Nature, that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically," he denounces this idea as " fundamentally wrong," and proclaims the new government "founded upon exactly... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1877 - 814 páginas
...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... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - 1916 - 496 páginas
...in time follow. " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. . . . These ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - 1916 - 448 páginas
...Jefferson who said that : "The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen of the time of the formation of the old constitution...in principle, socially, morally, and politically" — "our government" said Stephens (The Southern Confederacy) "is founded upon exactly the opposite... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 532 páginas
...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... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 páginas
...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... | |
 | Frank Ilsley Paradise - 1921 - 204 páginas
...letter : " 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, morally, socially and politically. Our new government is founded upon exactly the... | |
 | Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923 - 418 páginas
...at the time of 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...in principle, socially, morally and politically.' But Stephens added with some emphasis, ' Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested... | |
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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, morally,... 
