 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,...  The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown - Page 291by Alexander Mackenzie - 1882 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...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...wrong 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 the day... | |
 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...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...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... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
..."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...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... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...used against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment of the day. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They...the assumption of the equality of races. This was »n error. It was a sandy foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it; when the ' storm... | |
 | English periodicals - 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, '...and politically. . . . ' Those ideas, however, were fundamen' tally wrong. They rested on the ' assumption of the equality of races. ' This was an error.... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1862 - 692 pages
...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...politically. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea, that the negro is not equal to the white... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 152 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...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...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... | |
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