Frederick Douglass: “It took away the shame which slavery had brought upon the National Capital.”

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.

Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.

That the mother was a slave was enough for its deadly purpose.

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.