SEND BACK THE MONEY!” stared at us from every street corner; “SEND BACK THE MONEY!” in large capitals, adorned the broad flags of the pavement; “SEND BACK THE MONEY!” was the chorus of the popular street songs; “SEND BACK THE MONEY!” was the heading of leading editorials in the daily newspapers.
Douglass highlights the widespread public outcry against the financial support of slavery by the church.
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We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.
We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.