Henry Ward Beecher: “If he must stand by what he is, how surely must he be given over to weakness, to abuse, to oppressions.”

They did not know enough of his origin, his nature, or his destiny, to bring these into account, in estimating man.

And now it has come to pass that, in the good providence of God, another opportunity has been presented to the whole North to reassert her place and her influence, and to fill the institutions of our country with their original and proper…

There is a noticeable contrast between Northern and Southern ideas of Religion.

In this respect, there would be a marked contrast between the subjects which occupy us, and the grander life-themes that dignify European thought, were it not for one subject--Slavery.