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

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful.

The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant rush from the North will fling it wide open, while four millions of our brothers and sisters shall march out into liberty. The chance is now given you to end in a day the bondage of centuries, and to rise in one bound from social degradation to the place of common equality with all other varieties of men.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.

Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.