 course of conduct which would be detrimental to the manufacturing and commercial interests abroad." Mr. Stephens spoke with still more explicitness. He said ' the "foundations [of the new government] are laid. Its corner-stone rests upon the great truth...  Geneva arbitration - Page 22by United States. Department of State - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 656 pages
...immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution." " Its [the Confederacy's] 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. This stone, which... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pages
..." rests upon exactly the opposite ideas; that its foundations are laid and its corner-stone reposes upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal...Slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This our new Government is the first in the history of the world based upon this... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 pages
...rests upon exactly the opposite ideas; that its foundations are laid, and its corner-stone reposes upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal...slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 pages
...fell.' " Our new Government IB founded upon exactly the opposite Idea ; it« foundations are laid, ita corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the...man. That Slavery—subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 674 pages
...wind blew, it fell.' Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; 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 moral condition. This, our new Government,... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1861 - 792 pages
...wrong. " Our new government," he says, "is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas, 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. Thus our new government... | |
 | 1861 - 450 pages
...foundation," he says, " our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas. 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. This, our new government... | |
 | 1861 - 576 pages
...blew, it felt' Our new “government is founded upon exactly “the opposite ideas; its foundations are “laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the “great...truth that the negro is not equal “to the white man—that slavery, sub“ordination to the superior race, is his “natural and noiinal condition.... | |
 | Henry Caswall - 1861 - 340 pages
...said, in a speech delivered at Savannah, March 21, 1861 : — " The corner-stone of our new government rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, and that slavery is his natural and normal condition." t Quoted by Helper, pp. 196, 198. r 390 Conclusion.... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1861 - 52 pages
...rests upon exactly the opposite ideas ; that its foundations are laid and its corner-stone reposes 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. Thus our new government... | |
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