The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: Volume 1
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“The Free-Will Baptists, several bodies of Scottish Covenanters, and other offsets from the original Presbyterian stock, with certain of the Methodist dissenters or seceders from the great Methodist Episcopal organization, have generally maintained an attitude of hostility to Slavery.” (Page 121)
“Unquestionably, the moral condition of our people had sadly deteriorated through the course of the Revolution. Intemperance had extended its ravages; profanity and licentiousness had overspread the land; a coarse and scoffing infidelity had become fashionable, even in high quarters; and the letters of Washington1 and his compatriots bear testimony to the wide-spread prevalence of venality and corruption, even while the great issue of independence or subjugation was still undecided.” (Page 19)
“continued to be bought, held, and sold by members of the ‘New,’ as well as of the Old school Presbyterian Church” (Page 120)
“not to emancipate their slaves — but to care for their morals, and treat them humanely.” (Page 118)
- Title: The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: Volume 1
- Author: Horace Greeley
- Series: The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65
- Publisher: Perseus Digital Library
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: United States › History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Resource ID: LLS:GREELEYCWAR01IE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2021-04-26T19:33:16Z