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

Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.

My hopes were never brighter than now.

The Constitutional framers were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits. They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny. With them, nothing was "settled" that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were "final;" not slavery and oppression.

[...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting and indefatigable work into which the whole heart is put[...] There is no royal road to perfection.

Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.