God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.

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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;...

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would...

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would...

It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North...

It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North...

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...

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless...

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading...

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading...

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...

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...

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what...

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what...

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of...

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of...

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.