Now, our measures are simply the carrying out of our principles; and we find, that just in proportion as individuals embrace our principles, in spirit and in truth, they cease to cavil at our measures.
Grimké emphasizes that true adherence to anti-slavery principles will naturally lead to supportive actions against slavery.
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The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.
My hope is, that men who denounce now, will at length reason.
Instead of being in love with the virtue exhibited by the individual, because it is virtue, he is delighted with the personal convenience he experiences from the exercise of that virtue.
No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.