I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric. Gerrit Smith carecomparativelyman Change image and share on social
It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it. Gerrit Smith claimconcernexclusively Change image and share on social
It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. Gerrit Smith breakcommercialdisguise share on social
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous. Gerrit Smith decrepitrankroom Change image and share on social
There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor. Gerrit Smith behoveclassdiscussion Change image and share on social
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him. Gerrit Smith forbidgodmarriage Change image and share on social
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. Gerrit Smith antiauthoritydestroy Change image and share on social
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. Gerrit Smith ceaseoccasionpeace Change image and share on social
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance. Gerrit Smith assertcallcarry Change image and share on social
To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense. Gerrit Smith captingrahamnonsense Change image and share on social