Our Armies Were In As Much Chaos

If Slavery Be A Sin, It Is Not Yours. It Does Not Rest On Your Action For Its Origin, On Your Consent For Its Existence. It Is A Common Law Right To Property In The Service Of Man; Its Origin Was Divine Decree.

The Slave Must Be Made Fit For His Freedom By Education And Discipline, And Thus Made Unfit For Slavery. And As Soon As He Becomes Unfit For Slavery, The Master Will No Longer Desire To Hold Him As A Slave.

Sir, It Is True That Republics Have Often Been Cradled In War, But More Often They Have Met With A Grave In That Cradle. Peace Is The Interest, The Policy, The Nature Of A Popular Government. War May Bring Benefits To A Few, But Privation And Loss Are The Lot Of The Many. An Appeal To Arms Should Be The Last Resort, And Only By National Rights Or National Honor Can It Be Justified.

Pray Excuse Me. I Cannot Take It.

African Slavery, As It Exists In The United States, Is A Moral, A Social, And A Political Blessing.