William Lloyd Garrison: “Nay, cannot all the despotisms of the earth take shelter under them?”

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.

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…

Living or dying, defeated or victorious, be it ours to exclaim, "No compromise with Slavery!

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