I Escaped From Slavery And Became A

If The Negro Knows Enough To Pay Taxes To Support The Government, He Knows Enough To Vote; Taxation And Representation Should Go Together. If He Knows Enough To Shoulder A Musket And Fight For The Flag, Fight For The Government, He Knows Enough To Vote.

The Silver Trump Of Freedom Roused In My Soul Eternal Wakefulness.

The District Of Columbia Is The One Spot Where There Is No Government For The People, Of The People And By The People.

The 4th Of July Is The First Great Fact In Your Nation's History — The Very Ring-bolt In The Chain Of Your Yet Undeveloped Destiny. Pride And Patriotism, Not Less Than Gratitude, Prompt You To Celebrate And To Hold It In Perpetual Remembrance. I Have Said That The Declaration Of Independence Is The Ring-bolt To The Chain Of Your Nation's Destiny; So, Indeed, I Regard It. The Principles Contained In That Instrument Are Saving Principles. Stand By Those Principles, Be True To Them On All Occasions, In All Places, Against All Foes, And At Whatever Cost.

From The First I Saw No Chance Of Bettering The Condition Of The Freedman Until He Should Cease To Be Merely A Freedman And Should Become A Citizen.