The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.

Men of Color, To Arms! The case is before you. This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it, and forever wipe out the dark reproaches unsparingly hurled against us by our enemies. Let us win for ourselves the gratitude of our country, and the best blessings of our posterity through all time.

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

We succeed, not alone by the laborious exertions of our faculties, be they small or great, but by the regular, thoughtful and systematic exercise of them.

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.