I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence.

I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could; it is assuredly better to go laughing than crying thro' the rough journey of life.

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?

Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust.