The Cornerstone Speech Analysis
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Slavery was a major issue that separated the Northern and Southern States. The documents provided a better overview of how a leadership could affect the people of a given country. The Cornerstone speech became so known for Stephens’s declaration that the perpetuation of slavery was the main goal and objective of the succession and the confederacy. Based to his own argument, he articulated that the government was founded based to this idea. The foundations of the government are laid and were based on the fact that the Nergo are not equal to the white man. He meant by these regards the slavery relegation to the greater race was to be his natural as well as normal condition. Thomas Nast editorial cartoon …show more content…
Stephens declared that the American constitution was based on a belief that was fundamentally wrong. Stephens, as proposed by the old constitution, the assumption of the equality of the race between the black and whites was basically wrong. Definitely, he came across the Biblical image of “The stone which the builders refused” came to be understood as the head stone of the corner. This meant that what he said was true and that if they had to follow what he said, the people would never regret. Stephen and his constitution were primarily founded on the opposite idea as compared to what had been identified before. He came to declare that the blacks were not equal to the Whiteman. Definitely, based to his own view, slavery was his main focus within the country. According to the statement he made, the new government was the first one to be based upon the moral truth within the country. Definitely, this came to be noted on the importance of slavery during the sectional conflict as they came across the generation of defense of the Southern nation.
Stephens supports his argument with different views. Basically, he had his view on the fact that slavery was the major cause for succession. He came across different issues with Thomas Jefferson and other major founders, and primarily who had their difference in terms of equality for all and slavery. The appeal he made was that of Jefferson Davis in order to have direct transactions with the union governments. This was primarily due to the trading activities that were to take place in the country and which would create slavery in the
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Slavery was a major issue that separated the Northern and Southern States. The documents provided a better overview of how a leadership could affect the people of a given country. The Cornerstone speech became so known for Stephens’s declaration that the perpetuation of slavery was the main goal and objective of the succession and the confederacy. Based to his own argument, he articulated that the government was founded based to this idea. The foundations of the government are laid and were based on the fact that the Nergo are not equal to the white man. He meant by these regards the slavery relegation to the greater race was to be his natural as well as normal condition. Thomas Nast editorial cartoon …show more content…
Stephens declared that the American constitution was based on a belief that was fundamentally wrong. Stephens, as proposed by the old constitution, the assumption of the equality of the race between the black and whites was basically wrong. Definitely, he came across the Biblical image of “The stone which the builders refused” came to be understood as the head stone of the corner. This meant that what he said was true and that if they had to follow what he said, the people would never regret. Stephen and his constitution were primarily founded on the opposite idea as compared to what had been identified before. He came to declare that the blacks were not equal to the Whiteman. Definitely, based to his own view, slavery was his main focus within the country. According to the statement he made, the new government was the first one to be based upon the moral truth within the country. Definitely, this came to be noted on the importance of slavery during the sectional conflict as they came across the generation of defense of the Southern nation.
Stephens supports his argument with different views. Basically, he had his view on the fact that slavery was the major cause for succession. He came across different issues with Thomas Jefferson and other major founders, and primarily who had their difference in terms of equality for all and slavery. The appeal he made was that of Jefferson Davis in order to have direct transactions with the union governments. This was primarily due to the trading activities that were to take place in the country and which would create slavery in the