I Have Reached The Summit Of My

Duties Have Been Mine; Consequences Are God's.

If You Could Extend The Elective Franchise To All Persons Of Color Who Can Read The Constitution Of The United States In English And Write Their Names And To All Persons Of Color Who Own Real Estate Valued At Not Less Than Two Hundred And Fifty Dollars And Pay Taxes Thereon, And Would Completely Disarm The Adversary. This You Can Do With Perfect Safety. And As A Consequence, The Radicals, Who Are Wild Upon Negro Franchise, Will Be Completely Foiled In Their Attempts To Keep The Southern States From Renewing Their Relations To The Union.

The Enactment Of The Homestead Act Would Create The Strongest Tie Between The Citizen And The Government-he Would With Cheerfulness Contribute His Proportionable Part Of The Taxes To Defray The Expenses Of The Political System Under Which He Lived.

If You Always Support The Correct Principles Then You Will Never Get The Wrong Results!

If Blacks Were Given The Right To Vote, That Would Place Every Splay-footed, Bandy-shanked, Hump-backed, Thick-lipped, Flat-nosed, Woolly-headed, Ebon-colored In The Country Upon An Equality With The Poor White Man.