[FREEDOM NATIONAL, SLAVERY SECTIONAL.]
Speech in the Senate, on a Motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act, August 26, 1852.
Nihil autem gloriosius libertate præter virtutem, si tamen libertas recte a virtute sejungitur.—John of Salisbury.
If any man thinks that the interest of these Nations and the interest of Christianity are two separate and distinct things, I wish my soul may never enter into his secret.—Oliver Cromwell.
Mr. Madison thought it WRONG to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.—Debates in the Federal Convention, August 25, 1787.
"O Slave, I have bought thee." "That is thy business," he replied. "Wilt thou run away?" "That is my business," said the slave.