Through that memorable night the friends of freedom wrestled like Jacob with the angel of God, and though the session did not close until the sun of a Sabbath morning shone full into the windows of the capitol, yet a holier work never was done on that holy day.
Mann reflects on the struggle for freedom during a critical legislative session, likening it to a biblical wrestling match.
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The institution of slavery is against natural right.
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
Her lowland neighbors of Maryland and the Carolinas were not far behind at the seeding; nor are they far behind at the ingathering of desolation.
The dearest and most precious of all human rights is the right of private judgment in matters of religion.
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