My Hopes Were Never Brighter Than Now.

The Relation Between The White And Colored People Of This Country Is The Great, Paramount, Imperative, And All-commanding Question For This Age And Nation To Solve.

I Knew That However Bad The Republican Party Was, The Democratic Party Was Much Worse. The Elements Of Which The Republican Party Was Composed Gave Better Ground For The Ultimate Hope Of The Success Of The Colored Mans Cause Than Those Of The Democratic Party.

Immense Wealth, And Its Lavish Expenditure, Fill The Great House With All That Can Please The Eye, Or Tempt The Taste. Here, Appetite, Not Food, Is The Great Desideratum.

To Drag A Man In Fetters Into The Grand Illuminated Temple Of Liberty, And Call Upon Him To Join You In Joyous Anthems, Were Inhuman Mockery And Sacrilegious Irony.

The Law On The Side Of Freedom Is Of Great Advantage Only When There Is Power To Make That Law Respected.