Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell--involving both parties in atrocious criminality--and should be immediately annulled.
This quote reflects Grimké's strong condemnation of the complicity of the North in slavery through the Union.
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I would not take the word of a Southern Court on this point.
Is it any wonder that crime emerges out of such cruel and unequal conditions?
Our garb should be sack-cloth--our heads bowed in the dust--our supplications for the pardon and assistance of Heaven.
For myself, I had rather rob any bank to an indefinite amount than kidnap a fellow-being, or hold him in bondage; the sin would be less injurious to society, and less sinful in the sight of God.