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.
Garrison expresses his belief that the continuation of the Union will prolong slavery indefinitely.
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The more the South reflected, the more clearly she must see that she has a deep and vital interest in maintaining the Union.
Yet I know that God reigns, and that the slave system contains within itself the elements of destruction.
Living or dying, defeated or victorious, be it ours to exclaim, "No compromise with Slavery!
But how long it is to curse the earth, and desecrate his image, he alone foresees.