George Julian: “He was a man of undoubted bravery, and had made a most honorable record, both as a soldier and a civilian, upon ample…”

He carried his religion courageously into politics, and while arraigning slavery as the grand rebel, he also severely criticised the management of the war and the Border State policy of the President.

The legalized robbery now carried on in the name of Protection to American labor must be overthrown.

The withdrawal of the slavery question from the strife of parties has changed the face of our politics as completely as did its introduction.

The system of spoils and plunder must also be destroyed, in order that freedom itself may be rescued from the perilous activities quickened into life by its own spirit, and the conduct of public affairs inspired by the great moralities…