Frederick Douglass: “This done, and the guilty perpetrator of one of the most foul murders goes unwhipped of justice, and uncensured by the…”

Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.

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 friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.