The Mind Does Not Take Its Complexion

The Constitution Of The United States Knows No Distinction Between Citizens On Account Of Color. Neither Does It Know Any Difference Between A Citizen Of A State And A Citizen Of The United States.

A Man's Character Always Takes Its Hue, More Or Less, From The Form And Color Of Things About Him.

For Of All Slaveholders With Whom I Have Ever Met, Religious Slaveholders Are The Worst. I Have Ever Found Them The Meanest And Basest, The Most Cruel And Cowardly, Of All Others.

Viewed From The Genuine Abolition Ground, Mr. Lincoln Seemed Tardy, Cold, Dull, And Indifferent; But Measuring Him By The Sentiment Of His Country, A Sentiment He Was Bound As A Statesman To Consult, He Was Swift, Zealous, Radical, And Determined.

Now, Take The Constitution According To Its Plain Reading, And I Defy The Presentation Of A Single Pro-slavery Clause In It. On The Other Hand It Will Be Found To Contain Principles And Purposes, Entirely Hostile To The Existence Of Slavery.