Henry Ward Beecher: “Who shall trifle with such a creature, full bound upon such an errand through life, and swelling forth to such a…”

Mariners might as well blame you for the swing and toss of their craft when tides troop in or march out of your harbor, as us, for heaving to that tide which God swells under us.

In this respect, there would be a marked contrast between the subjects which occupy us, and the grander life-themes that dignify European thought, were it not for one subject--Slavery.

The conflict which is going on springs from causes as deep as the foundations of our institutions.

Having given to America its ideas and its institutions, I think the North is bound to stand by them.