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
| T. Gregory Garvey - 2006 - 280 pages
...can anyone who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people? ... As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' Now we practically read it as 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get... | |
| Joseph P. Viteritti - 2009 - 294 pages
...immigrants to vote and hold office. Abraham Lincoln sized up the Know-Nothings accurately in 1855: "As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now read it, 'all men are created equal except Negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read,... | |
| James Oakes - 2007 - 366 pages
...degenerate. Our "progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid," he told Joshua Speed in i855. "We began by declaring that 'all men are created equal. "We now practically read it as 'all men are created equal, except for negroes.'"** For Lincoln human equality was a moral principle;... | |
| Scott Gac - 2008 - 326 pages
...Charles Seward and Abraham Lincoln abandoned their sinking ship for the newly formed Republican Party. "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal,'" said Lincoln. "Now we practically read it as 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the... | |
| Robert H. Zieger - 2007 - 312 pages
..."As a nation we began by declaring 'all men are created equal.'" Defenders of slavery insisted that "we now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.'" And if the anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigots had their way, it would "read 'all men are created equal,... | |
| Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 116 pages
...can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white peopk? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty...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... | |
| Paul Calore - 2014 - 306 pages
..."How can anyone 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.'" Like the thousands of people throughout the North in 1854, Lincoln was also disturbed by the signing... | |
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