On the record
But they had persuaded themselves to believe that a contest for political power with a party largely composed of negroes was a contest for their civilization itself.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Hoar reflects on the misguided beliefs of Southern whites regarding political power and race.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
I took a great interest in the founding of the famous Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and I was the first person named in its Act of Incorporation.
It was undoubtedly the chief object of this last provision to prevent the perpetuation of power in the same hands, or under the same influences, by removing the choice of President wholly from the control of persons wielding National…
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
When the treaty was signed, the struggle began between freedom and slavery for the control of this imperial domain.
Other voices in this conversation
