A Man's Country Is The World.

There Must Be No Compromise With Slavery - None Whatever. Nothing Is Gained, Everything Is Lost, By Subordinating Principle To Expedience.

Tell A Man Whose House Is On Fire To Give A Moderate Alarm; Tell Him To Moderately Rescue His Wife From The Hands Of The Ravisher; Tell The Mother To Gradually Extricate Her Babe From The Fire Into Which It Has Fallen - But Urge Me Not To Use Moderation In A Cause Like The Present.

The Compact Which Exists Between The North And The South Is A Covenant With Death And An Agreement With Hell.

And Now Let Me Give The Sentiment Which Has Been, And Ever Will Be, The Governing Passion Of My Soul: 'liberty For Each, For All, And Forever!'

The Standard Of Matrimony Is Erected By Affection And Purity, And Does Not Depend Upon The Height, Or Bulk, Or Color, Or Wealth, Or Poverty Of Individuals. Water Will Seek Its Level; Nature Will Have Free Course; And Heart Will Answer To Heart.