When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

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It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and...

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and...

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon...

But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon...

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and...

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and...

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which,...

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which,...

It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern;...

It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern;...

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has...

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has...

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the...

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the...

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of...

Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of...

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in...

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in...

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to...

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to...

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the...

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the...

I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.

I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.

Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of...

Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of...

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people...

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people...

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well...

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well...

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of...

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of...