The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.


Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs (ed. 1860)


The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.

The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.

The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.

The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.