Without Struggle There Is No Success

A War Undertaken And Brazenly Carried On For The Perpetual Enslavement Of Colored Men, Calls Logically And Loudly For Colored Men To Help Suppress It.

In A Composite Nation Like Ours, Made Up Of Almost Every Variety Of The Human Family, There Should Be, As Before The Law, No Rich, No Poor, No High, No Low, No Black, No White, But One Country, One Citizenship Equal Rights And A Common Destiny For All. A Government That Cannot Or Does Not Protect The Humblest Citizen In His Right To Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness, Should Be Reformed Or Overthrown, Without Delay.

These Were Choice Documents To Me... They Gave Tongue To Interesting Thoughts Of My Own Soul, Which Had Frequently Flashed Through My Mind, And Died Away For Want Of Utterance.

Everybody Has Asked The Question, ... 'what Shall We Do With The Negro?' I Have Had But One Answer From The Beginning. Do Nothing With Us! You're Doing With Us Has Already Played The Mischief With Us. Do Nothing With Us! If The Apples Will Not Remain On The Tree Of Their Own Strength, ... Let Them Fall! I Am Not For Tying Or Fastening Them On The Tree In Any Way, Except By Nature's Plan, And If They Will Not Stay There, Let Them Fall. And If The Negro Cannot Stand On His Own Legs, Let Him Fall Also.

Instead Of The Bright, Blue Sky Of America, I Am Covered With The Soft, Grey Fog Of The Emerald Isle. I Breathe, And Lo! The Chattel Becomes A Man.