If the South shall give to the country a policy derived from her heathen notions of men, there will be such a peace as men have overdrugged with opium, that deep lethargy just before the mortal convulsions and death!
Beecher warns that adopting Southern policies based on outdated notions will lead to a false sense of peace.
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Having once given forth this spirit of liberty, now fading out of our Southern States, the North should again come forth and refill the poisoned veins that have been drinking the hemlock of Despotism with the new blood of Liberty!
Let us give sap to the tree of Liberty, that it may not wither and die!
An infernal Juno, envious of the destined greatness of this country, hath sent this serpent upon it!
Two great powers that will not live together are in our midst, and tugging at each other's throats.