Frederick Douglass: “Heaven’s blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the millions pining under a ruthless bondage.”

Guilty or not guilty, to be accused was to be sure of a flogging.

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.

The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.