This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.

Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.