William Lloyd Garrison: “Why should not the star-spangled banner wave over ten, as well as over three millions of Slaves?”

With the North, the preservation of the Union is placed above all other things--above honour, justice, freedom, integrity of soul, the Decalogue and the Golden Rule--the Infinite God himself.

The more the South reflected, the more clearly she must see that she has a deep and vital interest in maintaining the Union.

While, therefore, the Union is preserved, I see no end to the extension or perpetuity of Chattel Slavery--no hope for peaceful deliverance of the millions who are clanking their chains on our blood-red soil.

It is frightful to think of the capacity of a nation like this to commit sin, before the measure of its iniquities be filled, and the exterminating judgments of God overtake it.