 | Frederick W. Fout - 1903 - 478 lehte
...enslavement of the African was in violation of the law of nature, and that it was wrong in principle, morally and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with." The general opinion was that, some way or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would... | |
 | William Albert Sinclair - 1905 - 396 lehte
...ages, and vindicated the principles held by Jefferson and most of the leading states347 men of his time that " the enslavement of the African was in violation...principle, socially, morally, and politically." It may also be noted that Mr. Stephens further said of the Southern Confederacy, that "its foundations... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1906 - 626 lehte
...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 were that the enslavement of the African was a violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1906 - 700 lehte
...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 were that the enslavement of the African was a violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.... | |
 | 1863 - 320 lehte
...present revolution. Tho prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson, and most of the leading statesmen ac 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 wrong in principle, socially, morally, and... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1910 - 558 lehte
...statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution [the Constitution of the United States] was that the enslavement of the African was in violation...principle — socially, morally, and politically. . . , Our new government [the Southern Confederacy] is founded upon exactly the opposite idea ; its... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - 1916 - 448 lehte
...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... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - 1916 - 496 lehte
...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... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 532 lehte
...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 lehte
...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... | |
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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,... 
