Nations, Like Individuals, Are Punished For Their

The Great Bulk Of The Legal Voters Of The South Were Men Who Owned No Slaves; Their Homes Were Generally In The Hills And Poor Country; Their Facilities For Educating Their Children, Even Up To The Point Of Reading And Writing, Were Very Limited; Their Interest In The Contest Was Very Meagre--what There Was, If They Had Been Capable Of Seeing It, Was With The North; They Too Needed Emancipation.

If We Are To Have Another Contest In The Near Future Of Our National Existence, I Predict That The Dividing Line Will Not Be Mason And Dixon's But Between Patriotism And Intelligence On The One Side, And Superstition, Ambition And Ignorance On The Other.

As Soon As Slavery Fired Upon The Flag It Was Felt, We All Felt, Even Those Who Did Not Object To Slaves, That Slavery Must Be Destroyed. We Felt That It Was A Stain To The Union That Men Should Be Bought And Sold Like Cattle.

I Propose To Fight It Out On This Line If It Takes All Summer.

Hold Fast To The Bible As The Sheet-anchor Of Your Liberties; Write Its Precepts In Your Hearts, And Practice Them In Your Lives.