 Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes.  An American Bible - Page 112edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 pages
...more precisely, his patriotism was uncommonly moderate and reasonable. Thus, in 1855, Lincoln wrote: whether the general form and aspect of the government...strictly republican? It is evident that no other When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving... | |
 | Forrest Church - 2003 - 196 pages
...foremost in his mind. "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid," he wrote in 1855. "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men...read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes' " Lincoln adopted this refrain as his mantra. Speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia shortly... | |
 | Charles M. Hubbard - 2003 - 270 pages
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "a// men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes.... | |
 | Thomas Maier - 2003 - 748 pages
...Bill of Rights, he warned, might be endangered. "When the Know-Nothings get control," Lincoln cracked, "It will read 'All men are created equal, except Negroes, and foreigners and Catholics.'" Within the Kennedys' own state of Massachusetts, the Know-Nothings were quite successful, electing... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 1999 - 532 pages
...Romanism," and found the Know-Nothings, even more than the Calhounites, a standing repudiation of what, "as a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equaL'" That had not prevented the Know-Nothings from trying to recruit him in 1854 as a state legislative... | |
 | Eric H. Walther - 2004 - 240 pages
...The United States had Henry Wilson Library of Congress begun in 1776 with a declaration that all were equal. "We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes,' " lamented Lincoln. If nativists took over the government, he prophesied, "it will read 'all men are... | |
 | 2003 - 260 pages
...Know-Nothing. . . . How could I be?" "When the KnowNothings get control, it [the Declaration of Independence] will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving... | |
 | Jedediah Purdy, Anthony T. Kronman, Cynthia Farrar - 2008 - 288 pages
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving... | |
 | Ronald H. Bayor - 2004 - 1032 pages
...of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people? ... As a nation we began by declaring aYK%U ` bqI ^ 6#L Catholics and Foreigners.' Then he added: "When it comes to this I shall prefer emigrating to some... | |
 | Robert B. Marks Ridinger - 2004 - 942 pages
...the nation was failing to live up to its promise that "all men are created equal." As Lincoln said, We now practically read it "all men are created equal,...equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics." When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving... | |
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