Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Александер Стівенс
Стивенс, Александр Гамильтон
アレクサンダー・スティーヴンズ
ألكسندر ستيفينز
Constituency established
Office established
Singleton Harris
Alexander Stephens Signature.svg
Office abolished
John James Jones
Abner Darden
Constituency abolished
right
University of Georgia
Member of the
from Georgia
Georgia
Crawfordville, Georgia, U.S.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
—Alexander H. Stephens, speech to The Savannah Theatre. Weeks before the Cornerstone Speech
A. H. Stephens State Park, Crawfordville
Literature
American Civil War
Biography
Politics
... We have settled, and, I trust, settled forever, the great question which was the prime cause of our separation from the United States: I mean the question of African Slavery. The old [American] Constitution set out with a wrong idea on this subject; it was based upon an erroneous principle; it was founded upon the idea that African Slavery is wrong, and it looked forward to the ultimate extinction of that institution. But time has proved the error, and we have corrected it in the new Constitution. We have based ours upon principle of the inequality of races, and the principle is spreading -- it is becoming appreciated and better understood; and though there are many, even in the South, who are still in the shell upon this subject, yet the day is not far distant when it will be generally understood and appreciated...
Amerikaans politicus (1812-1883)
amerikai politikus
פוליטיקאי אמריקאי
políticu estauxunidense (1812–1883)
polític estatunidenc
سياسى من الولايات الكونفدراليه الامريكيه
Amerikos politikas ir pavaduotojas
amerikansk politiker
politiko merikano
político estadounidense
amerikanesche Politiker
amerikāņu politiķis
politician american
Amerikalı siyasetçi
US-amerikanischer Politiker, 1. Vizepräsident der Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika
amerikansk politikar
سیاست‌مدار آمریکایی
politico statunitense
vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
єдиний віцепрезидент КША (1861-1865)
Olóṣèlú
Amereka amanyɛnyi
US-amerikaanschen Politiker
American stjórnmálamaður og varaformaður
سياسي أمريكي
মার্কিন রাজনীতিবিদ
Ameerika poliitik ja aseesimees
美利坚联盟国副总统
американский политический деятель, первый и единственный Вице-президент КША
vice-président et homme d'État confédéré
yhdysvaltalainen poliitikko
Portrait
May 2023
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