"If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the fla…"

"Should a slave, when assaulted, but raise his hand in self defense, the white assaulting party is fully justified by southern, or Maryland, public opinion, in shooting the slave down."

"The soul of the nation is in the crucible, and the result, for good or for evil, is yet to be seen."

"The ruling parties of the country have now flung off all disguises, and have openly and shamelessly declared war upon the only saving principles known to nations."

"Though Mr. Lincoln shared the prejudices of his white fellow-countrymen against the Negro, it is hardly necessary to say that in his heart of hearts he loathed and hated slavery . . . Viewed from the …"