I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice cannot sleep forever.” Such is the warning voice of Thomas Jefferson; and every day’s experience since its utterance until now, confirms its wisdom, and commends its truth.
Douglass reflects on the moral implications of justice and the fate of a nation that ignores it.
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He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.
Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.