I Am A Plain Man, And I

God Cannot Approve Of A System Of Servitude, In Which The Master Is Guilty Of Assuming Absolute Power - Of Assuming God's Place And Relation Towards His Fellow-men.

I Prefer, In A Word, The Republican System, Because It Comes Up More Nearly To God's System.

We Must Continue To Judge Of Slavery By What It Is, And Not By What You Tell Us It Will, Or May Be.

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.

My Rights All Spring Front An Infinitely Nobler Source - From Favor And Grace Of God.