Frederick Douglass: “It is false, misleading and prejudicial, and, like all other falsehoods, must eventually come to naught.”

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

Guilty or not guilty, to be accused was to be sure of a flogging.

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.