William Lloyd Garrison: “No alliance with Abolitionists, either in Church or State!" The issue is clear, explicit, determinate.”

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.

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

But how long it is to curse the earth, and desecrate his image, he alone foresees.

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