But whatever has been the motive of that party for its policy of inactivity and indecision on this question heretofore, there are not wanting signs of a change of that policy presently into one of activity and decision.
Grimké expresses hope for a shift in the Republican Party's approach to Southern representation and activism.
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To such an unconquerable will, to such an invincible faith obstacles vanish; the impossible becomes the attainable.
It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.
It is a gangrene preying upon our vitals--an earthquake rumbling under our feet--a mine accumulating material for a national catastrophe.
It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.