...foundations are laid, its corner stone rests upon tho great truth that the negro fs not equal to tho lf how very soon the currents-expenditures of this...would purchase, at fair valuation, all the slaves in a new Government, is tho first, in tho history of tho world, bused upon tliis great physical and moral...

...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...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of the races. This was an error .... Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite...— 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 moral truth....

...fundamentally wrong," Stephens proclaimed. "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid; its corner-stone rests,...superior race, is his natural and normal condition." Stephens once had quoted Proverbs 25:11 to Abraham Lincoln — "A word fitly spoken is like apples...