God Cannot Approve Of A System Of

Our Concern, However, Is With Slavery As It Is, And Not With Any Theory Of It.

But As Well May You, When Urging A Man Up-hill With A Heavy Load Upon His Back, And With Your Lash Also Upon His Back, Tell Him, That Be Has Nothing To Do Either With The Load Or The Lash.

It, Sometimes, Suits The Slaveholders To Claim, That Their Slavery Is An Exclusively State Concern; And That The North Has, Therefore, Nothing To Do With It.

I Believe That Government Is For The Use Of The People, And Not The People For The Use Of The Government.

The Only Ground On Which A Neutral State Can Claim Respect At The Hands Of Belligerents Is, That, So Far As She Is Concerned, Their Rights Are Protected.