Archibald Henry Grimké: “Love was in their mouths and love was in their hearts.”

It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.

All these requisites were wanting to the man whose sole possession seemed an indomitable will, a faith in himself, and in the righteousness of his cause, which nothing could shake, nor disappointment nor difficulty, however great, was able…

At any rate they should hear what was resting upon his soul with the weight of a great woe, the force of a supreme command.

It is true examples of disinterested benevolence and individual sacrifices are numerous, particularly in the Southern States; but no systematic, vigorous, and successful measures have been made to overthrow this fabric of oppression.