At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

...there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate Army...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may do to destroy the Federal government...There were such soldiers at Manassas and they are probably there still.

It is the mission of the printer to diffuse light and knowledge by a judicious intermingling of black with white.

No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . .

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!