...disunion. We believe that Slavery is no sin; ' that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that Slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition;' still, we might desire some change in the Constitution, which time may effect; but, as a- whole, it...

...equal to the white man; that slavery, suhordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of the world, hated upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process...

...to the white man ; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and moral condition. "This, our new government, is the first,...history of the world, based upon this great physical and moral truth. ... It is upon this, as I have stated, our social fabric is firmly planted ; and I...

...races was fundamentally wrong. "The great truth is that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery— subordination to the superior race— is his natural and normal condition" (Alexander Stephens).41 Slaveholders took "low, degraded, savage Africans and civilized and improved...

...life — rests upon the simple, great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man, and that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition." The vice-president was paraphrasing his famous "cornerstone speech," the one he had first given in...

...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 —...history of the world, based upon this great physical and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths...

...laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his...government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."1 The chief spokesmen on both sides of the...

...of our new government 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. Our new government is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical...

...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 —...upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.20 Understandably, Calhoun and many other Southern defenders of slavery viewed themselves as...

...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...history of the world, based upon this great physical and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths...