Neither Current Events Nor History Show That

Neither Current Events Nor History Show That The Majority Rule, Or Ever Did Rule.

Secession Belongs To A Different Class Of Remedies. It Is To Be Justified Upon The Basis That The States Are Sovereign. There Was A Time When None Denied It. I Hope The Time May Come Again, When A Better Comprehension Of The Theory Of Our Government, And The Inalienable Rights Of The People Of The States, Will Prevent Any One From Denying That Each State Is A Sovereign, And Thus May Reclaim The Grants Which It Has Made To Any Agent Whomsoever.

Let Men Not Ask What The Law Requires, But Give Whatever Freedom Demands.

African Slavery, As It Exists In The United States, Is A Moral, A Social, And A Political Blessing.

It Is Not Differences Of Opinion; It Is Geographical Lines, Rivers, And Mountains Which Divide State From State, And Make Different Nations Of Mankind.