“The conscience infallibly distinguishes between right and wrong.”
“No man is under any obligation to obey any law when his conscience dictates it to be wrong.”
“The conscience empowers any man to nullify any law; because the conscience is a part and parcel of the Divine mind.”
“Slavery is wholly founded on force.”
“Slavery originates in the power of the strong over the weak.”
“Slavery disqualifies a man to fulfil the great object of his being.”
“The doctrines of the Bible forbid slavery.”
“There is no word, either in the Old or the New Testament, which expresses the idea of slave or slavery.”
“Slavery places its subjects beyond moral and legal obligation: therefore, it can never be a legal or moral relation.”
“Slavery is inconsistent with the moral nature of man.”