William Seward: “Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again; Th' eternal years of God are hers: But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And…”

By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.

For the rest, the work of emancipation abides the action, whether it be slow or fast, of the moral sense of the American people.

From and after the fourth day of July, 1842, there shall be, throughout the United States, NO HEREDITARY SLAVERY, but on and after that day every child born within the United States shall be FREE.

Slavery therefore must be restrained, and, without violence or injustice, must be abolished.