 | John Cordner, New England Society of Montreal - 1865 - 62 ページ
...ideas, " however, were fundamentally wrong " Our new government is founded upon exactly " the opposite ideas. Its foundations are laid, its " corner-stone rests, upon the great truth tJiat Slavery, " subordination to the superior race, is the natural " and moral condition of the negro.... | |
 | William C. Davis - 2002 - 496 ページ
...Southern Republic." A few days later he went even further in Savannah, asserting that the Confederacy's "foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." 44 When reports of his speeches got back to Montgomery, Davis and other moderates... | |
 | Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - 2002 - 724 ページ
...As Vice President Alexander Stephens had argued in 1861, the "corner-stone [of the new government] rests upon the great truth, that the Negro is not...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."8 Acknowledgment by the Confederacy that blacks could make credible soldiers would shake... | |
 | W. Rodman Philbrick, Rodman Philbrick - 2002 - 332 ページ
...of our present revolution is the threat to the institution of slavery. Our new government is founded upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition.' " Lucy snapped the newspaper sharply upon her knees. "The words come from their own... | |
 | Howard Jones - 2002 - 334 ページ
...caused "the late rupture and present revolution." The Confederate government, he continued, rested "upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." When Lincoln declared that the war was to preserve the Union, Britons who favored... | |
 | Dinesh D'Souza - 2009 - 240 ページ
...Stephens insisted that, by contrast, "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea. Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon...truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man. Slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new... | |
 | Andrew Michael Manis - 2002 - 244 ページ
...equality of the races. Rather, he continued: "Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests,...upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to 43 Danville Register and Bee, June 8, 1993; June 12, 1993. the white man, that slavery — subordination... | |
 | Andrew Michael Manis - 2002 - 258 ページ
...great truth that the Negro is not equal to 43 Danville Register and Bee, June 8, 1993; June 12, 1993. the white man, that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."44 Many others during the War saw their cause as the effort to maintain slavery. A Georgia... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 194 ページ
...rub. It is certainly the only difference between us. —ABRAHAM LINCOLN Our new government is founded. ..upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man. —ALEXANDER STEPHENS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA To secede means to "break... | |
 | Hondon B. Hargrove - 2003 - 274 ページ
...equality of the races. This was an error .... Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone...superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical and... | |
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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 and normal condition. 
