In a conflict where the latter could have had even the show of right, the truth, in our hands as against them, must have been driven to the wall; and while I believe we were able to carry the conscience of the country against the action of the Free Church, the battle, it must be confessed, was a hard-fought one.
Douglass reflects on the challenges faced in advocating against the Free Church's stance on slavery.
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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.
It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.
The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.