The true way and the easiest way is to make our government entirely consistent with itself, and give to every loyal citizen the elective franchise,—a right and power which will be ever present, and will form a wall of fire for his protection.
Douglass advocates for universal suffrage as a protective measure for loyal citizens.
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Land is not worth much where there are no people to occupy it, and a mule is not worth much where there is no one to drive him.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.