 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863 - 878 lehte
...entertained by him and moat of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old (Federal) Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African...the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, tocially, morally, and politically. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon... | |
 | George Livermore - 1863 - 218 lehte
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained oy him 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 Alex. H. laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1863 - 1030 lehte
...entertained at the forma* tion of tlio 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. Our new Government is Joundtd on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1863 - 170 lehte
...the Yice-President of the Southern Confederacy, " were that the enslavement of the African race wras in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas / its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1863 - 460 lehte
...him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, tuere, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was ivrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically." I thank him for that testimony. 8* - L "... | |
 | JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863 - 920 lehte
...the formation of the new Constitution were that the enslavement of the African race was foreign to the laws of nature,— that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. Our new Government is founded on exactly opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone... | |
 | Robert Livingston Stanton - 1864 - 576 lehte
...stands, may be doubted. Th0 prevailing ideas entertained by Mm and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, hi the... | |
 | Robert Lodowick Stanton - 1864 - 592 lehte
...stands, may bo doubted. Tho prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the... | |
 | Fitzwilliam Sargent - 1864 - 204 lehte
...Stephens said : " The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefterson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution...morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other, in the... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1864 - 584 lehte
...admitted that " the prevailing ideas entertained by him [Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen, at the formation of the old Constitution, were, that...principle, socially, morally, and politically." It was after slavery became too profitable for men to feel that they could afford to admit it to be wrong,... | |
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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,... 
