William Lloyd Garrison: “Why, citizens of the Empire State, did you proclaim liberty to all in bondage on your soil, in 1827, and forevermore?”

No insult or outrage, no deed of impiety or blood, on the part of the South, can startle us into resistance, or inspire us with self-respect.

They can never be reconciled--never walk together--never consent to a truce--never deal in honeyed phrases--never worship at the same altar--never acknowledge the same God.

And whom will a just God hold responsible for all these results?

With the North, the preservation of the Union is placed above all other things--above honour, justice, freedom, integrity of soul, the Decalogue and the Golden Rule--the Infinite God himself.