Henry Ward Beecher: “A Southern volcano in New-Hampshire, pouring forth the lava of despotism in that incorrupt, and noble old fortress of…”

And aroused by that spirit, there shall spring up the yet unaroused hosts of men that have not bowed the knee to Baal--and we will war it to the knife, and knife to the hilt.

Let us give sap to the tree of Liberty, that it may not wither and die!

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…