It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary.

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.