The Silver Trump Of Freedom

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

Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did And It Never Will.

...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.

I Know Of No Rights Of Race Superior To The Rights Of Humanity...