Knowledge Makes A Man Unfit To Be

I Am A Republican, A Black, Dyed In The Wool Republican, And I Never Intend To Belong To Any Other Party Than The Party Of Freedom And Progress.

I Knew That However Bad The Republican Party Was, The Democratic Party Was Much Worse. The Elements Of Which The Republican Party Was Composed Gave Better Ground For The Ultimate Hope Of The Success Of The Colored Mans Cause Than Those Of The Democratic Party.

I Have Often Wished Myself A Beast. I Preferred The Condition Of The Meanest Reptile To My Own. Any Thing, No Matter What, To Get Rid Of Thinking! It Was This Everlasting Thinking Of My Condition That Tormented Me. There Was No Getting Rid Of It. It Was Pressed Upon Me By Every Object Within Sight Or Hearing, Animate Or Inanimate.

Let Us Render The Tyrant No Aid.

Neither We, Nor Any Other People, Will Ever Be Respected Till We Respect Ourselves And We Will Never Respect Ourselves Till We Have The Means To Live Respectfully.