Henry Ward Beecher: “Many are found, both North and South, whose conduct over-rules their theory, and who are better or worse than their…”

I am quite aware that the subject of Slavery has been regarded, by many, as sectional; and the agitation of it in the North needless, and injurious to our peace and the country's welfare.

Mariners might as well blame you for the swing and toss of their craft when tides troop in or march out of your harbor, as us, for heaving to that tide which God swells under us.

THAT is the ONLY question, in our day and in our community, full of vital struggles turning upon fundamental principles.

Having given to America its ideas and its institutions, I think the North is bound to stand by them.