 | Mark K. Christ - 2003 - 156 頁
..."assumption of the equality of races. This was an error." Instead, the new government's cornerstone rested "upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition."2 A less well-known Southerner, a plantation mistress from North Carolina, would put it... | |
 | Joseph T. Glatthaar - 2002 - 100 頁
...explained its purpose best when he declared, 'Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery ... is his natural and normal condition.' Northerners, by contrast, rallied around the flag for the... | |
 | Greg Ward - 2004 - 436 頁
...Our new government is founded on the opposite idea of the equality of the races ... Its corner stone rests upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man. This . . . government is the first in the history of the world, based upon this great physical and... | |
 | Charles Reagan Wilson, Mark Silk - 2005 - 414 頁
...the "Old" Union, the Confederacy did not stand for the equality of the races. Rather, he continued: "Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."53 And Stephens was hardly alone. States' rights was a means to the end of preserving slavery... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 2004 - 376 頁
...it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, politically. Our new government is founded on exactly opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone...subordination to the superior race — is his natural and moral condition. This our government is the first in the history of the world based upon this great... | |
 | Alexander Tsesis - 2004 - 229 頁
...Confederate vice president, Alexander Stephens, explained that the "cornerstone" of his government rested "upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal...superior race, is his natural and normal condition." Confederate symbols embrace a message that is very different than the one expressed in national symbols... | |
 | David Hackett Fischer - 2005 - 880 頁
...of the Confederacy, told a meeting of Savannah's leading citizens in 1861, "Our new government . . . rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." Many Confederates agreed with Stephens that ideas of liberty in the old Union were... | |
 | Michael Lee Lanning - 2004 - 344 頁
...that slavery was the "immediate cause" of Southern secession, stating, "Our Confederacy is founded upon . . . the great truth that the Negro is not equal...slavery — subordination to the superior race, is the natural and normal condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of the world,... | |
 | Charles Reagan Wilson, Mark Silk - 2005 - 236 頁
...the "Old" Union, the Confederacy did not stand for the equality of the races. Rather, he continued: "Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite...to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."53 And Stephens was hardly alone. States' rights was a means to the end of preserving slavery... | |
 | John M. COSKI - 2009 - 450 頁
..."Cornerstone Address," Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens declared that the new government's "foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon...subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition." Confederate apologists have long dismissed Stephens 's speech as an unauthorized,... | |
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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... 
