The Man Who Will Get Up Will

In A Composite Nation Like Ours, As Before The Law, There Should Be No Rich, No Poor, No High, No Low, No White, No Black, But Common Country, Common Citizenship, Equal Rights And A Common Destiny.

Slaves Were Expected To Sing As Well As To Work. A Silent Slave Was Not Liked, Either By Masters Or Overseers.

Be Not Discouraged. There Is A Future For You. . . . The Resistance Encountered Now Predicates Hope. . .

A Government, Founded On Impartial Liberty, Where All Have A Voice And A Vote, Irrespective Of Color Or Of Sex--what Is There To Hinder Such A Government From Standing Firm.

One By One I Have Seen Obstacles Removed, Errors Corrected, Prejudices Softened, Proscriptions Relinquished, And My People Advancing In All The Elements That Go To Make Up The Sum Of The General Welfare. And I Remember That God Reigns In Eternity, And That Whatever Delays, Whatever Disappointments And Discouragements May Come, Truth, Justice, Liberty And Humanity Will Ultimately Prevail.