 I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men ; but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They...  The Course of Empire: An Official Record - Page 340by Richard Franklin Pettigrew - 1920 - 700 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...Judge Douglas took his ground that negroes were not included in the Declaration of Independence : " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not mean to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all men were equal in color,... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...after Judge Douglas took his ground that negroes were not included in the Declaration of Independence : "I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not mean to declare all men • LIFX AND SPEECHES OT equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...Judge Douglas took his ground that negroes were not included in the Declaration of Independence : " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not mean to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all men were equal in color,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...the Senator for doing this obvious violence to the plain, unmistakable language of the Declaration. I think the authors of that notable instrument intended...they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respccts. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...intended ; and it has probably never been stated with a more catholic spirit, or in choicer terms : " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended...intellect, moral developments, or social capacity. They denned with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men equal — equal in certain... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...intended; and it has probably never been stated with,,a'more catholic spirit, or in choicer terms: " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended...intellect, moral developments, or social capacity. They denned with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men.tfqual — equal in certain... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...and it has probably never been stated with a more catholic spirit, or in choicer terms : " I tliink the authors of that notable instrument intended to...intellect, moral developments, or social capacity. They denned with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men equal — equal in certain... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...intended ; and it has probably never been stated with a more catholic spirit, or in choicer terms: " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended...they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respect* They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...senator, for doing this obvious violence to the plain, unmistakable language of the Declaration. " I think the authors of that notable instrument intended...say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did... | |
 | 1900 - 1070 pages
...purpose and office have never been better set forth than in the following language of Abraham Lincoln : I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not mean to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say that all men are equal in color,... | |
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