I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal."


Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond, p. 126.

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I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice; while I repudiate,...

I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice; while I repudiate,...

I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice; while I repudiate,...

I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice; while I repudiate,...