William Lloyd Garrison: “Does, then, th' immortal principle within Change with the casual colour of the skin?”

But how long it is to curse the earth, and desecrate his image, he alone foresees.

It is not a struggle for national salvation; for the nation, as such, seems doomed beyond recovery.

While, therefore, the Union is preserved, I see no end to the extension or perpetuity of Chattel Slavery--no hope for peaceful deliverance of the millions who are clanking their chains on our blood-red soil.

It is frightful to think of the capacity of a nation like this to commit sin, before the measure of its iniquities be filled, and the exterminating judgments of God overtake it.