To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.
True liberty acknowledges and defends the equal rights of all men, and all nations.
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.