Would it not be the acme of effrontery for a man, in amicable alliance with fifteen pickpockets, to profess scruples of conscience in regard to admitting another pilfering rogue to the fraternity?
He uses a vivid analogy to illustrate the absurdity of moral objections to slavery while being complicit in its existence.
Share
More from William Lloyd Garrison
While the present Union exists, I pronounce it hopeless to expect any repose, or that any barrier can be effectually raised against the extension of Slavery.
The reason why the South rules, and North falls prostrate in servile terror, is simply this: With the South, the preservation of Slavery is paramount to all other considerations--above party success, denominational unity, pecuniary…
Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man-stealer.
How can they administer the same Government, or legislate for the same interests?