Archibald Henry Grimké: “Therefore, whenever commenced, I cannot but wish success to all slave insurrections....”

The difference between this motto of the Liberator and that of the Free Press: Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country--measures the greatness of the revolution which had taken place in the young editor.

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.

And in this moral mud there bred apace bestiality and cruelty, superstition and sensuality, tyranny and fear--the black brood of man's inhumanity to man.

Our garb should be sack-cloth--our heads bowed in the dust--our supplications for the pardon and assistance of Heaven.