“The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.” MadeStatesGovernmentPerfectStonesBasesIndependentEqualityCornersMade ItSovereign Book:Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860 Source: Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860