Henry Ward Beecher: “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!

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…

Two great powers that will not live together are in our midst, and tugging at each other's throats.

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!