On the record
The South, and indeed the whole country were not more blind to impending perils in the days of slavery than we now are to the perils of the usurpation in which the South is engaged.
Source
gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The South, and indeed the whole country were not more blind to impending perils in the days of slavery than we now are…”
Editor's note · Context
Boutwell draws a parallel between historical blindness to slavery's dangers and contemporary political threats.
Share
More from George Boutwell
They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
By repeated decisions the Supreme Court has held that the stipulations and terms of the ordinance remained in force after the adoption of the Constitution, unless a conflict should appear, and in such a case the ordinance would yield to…
Of all the eminent men that you have sent forth into the service of the State and the country, he must be accounted the chief, when we consider the value of his contribution, historically, and on the side of freedom and civilization.
By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.
Other voices in this conversation
