 | Ronald H. Bayor - 2004 - 1032 sayfa
...understanding and his strength. "I am not a Know-Nothing," he said. "How could I be? How can anyone who abhors the oppression of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people? ... As a nation we began by declaring 'all men are created equal.' "We now practically read it: 'All... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 sayfa
...relative unknown, asked of former antislavery Whigs who now supported the Know-Nothings, "How can anyone who abhors the oppression of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people?" Lincoln, referring to the Declaration of Independence's phrase about all men being created equal, went... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 sayfa
...Lincoln had nothing but disdain for the discriminatory beliefs of the Know Nothings. "How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people?" he queried his friend Joshua Speed. "Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 2006 - 292 sayfa
...the extension of slavery. I am not a Know-nothing; that is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favor of...white people? 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... | |
 | T. Gregory Garvey - 2006 - 280 sayfa
...movements, contextualized them in relation to the forces dnvo ing toward pluralism: "How 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... | |
 | Joseph P. Viteritti - 2009 - 294 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...things. "I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain," he explained. "How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people." So what was he? "That is a disputed point," Lincoln said. "I think I am a whig; but others say there... | |
 | Scott Gac - 2008 - 326 sayfa
...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... | |
 | Paul Calore - 2014 - 306 sayfa
...the hypocrisy of its members. This was clearly expressed when he wrote to a friend, "How can anyone who abhors the oppression of negroes be in favor of...white people? 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... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2008 - 433 sayfa
...any faith in nativism. "I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain," he wrote in 1855. "How can anyone who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people?" Lincoln's sublime confidence in the universality of natural law led to him to see in "Hans and Baptiste... | |
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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' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes... 
