At A Time Like This,

...there Are At The Present Moment Many Colored Men In The Confederate Army...as Real Soldiers, Having Muskets On Their Shoulders, And Bullets In Their Pockets, Ready To Shoot Down Loyal Troops, And Do All That Soldiers May Do To Destroy The Federal Government...there Were Such Soldiers At Manassas And They Are Probably There Still.

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.

Viewing The Man From The Genuine Abolitionist Ground, Mr. Lincoln Seemed Cold, Tardy, Weak And Unequal To The Task. But, Viewing Him From The Sentiments Of His People, Which As A Statesman He Was Bound To Respect, Then His Actions Were Swift, Bold, Radical And Decisive. Taking The Man In The Whole, Balancing The Tremendous Magnitude Of The Situation, And The Necessary Means To Ends, Infinite Wisdom Has Rarely Sent A Man Into The World More Perfectly Suited To His Mission Than Abraham Lincoln.

I Prayed For Twenty Years But Received No Answer Until I Prayed With My Legs.

What, To The American Slave, Is Your Fourth Of July? I Answer: A Day That Reveals To Him, More Than All Other Days Of The Year, The Gross Injustices And Cruelty To Which He Is The Constant Victim. To Him Your Celebration Is A Sham.