Henry Ward Beecher: “Discussion would unseat the Czar; a free press would dethrone the ignoble Napoleon; free speech would revolutionize…”

All attempts at evasion, at adjourning, at concealing and compromising are in vain.

Dying, we will leave it a legacy to our children, and they shall will it to theirs, until the work is done, our fathers' prayers are answered, and this whole land stands clothed and in its right mind--a symbol of what the earthly fruits of…

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.