No, I Make No Pretension To Patriotism.

A War Undertaken And Brazenly Carried On For The Perpetual Enslavement Of Colored Men, Calls Logically And Loudly For Colored Men To Help Suppress It.

The Church Of This Country Is Not Only Indifferent To The Wrongs Of The Slave, It Actually Takes Sides With The Oppressors.... For My Part, I Would Say, Welcome Infidelity! Welcome Atheism! Welcome Anything! In Preference To The Gospel, As Preached By These Divines! They Convert The Very Name Of Religion Into An Engine Of Tyranny And Barbarous Cruelty, And Serve To Confirm More Infidels, In This Age, Than All The Infidel Writings Of Thomas Paine, Voltaire, And Bolingbroke Put Together Have Done!

For It Is Not Light That Is Needed, But Fire; It Is Not The Gentle Shower, But Thunder. We Need The Storm, The Whirlwind, And The Earthquake. The Feeling In The Nation Must Be Quickened, The Conscience Of The Nation Must Be Roused, The Propriety Of The Nation Must Be Startled, The Hypocrisy Of The Nation Must Be Exposed: And Its Crimes Against God And Man Must Be Denounced.

These Were Choice Documents To Me... They Gave Tongue To Interesting Thoughts Of My Own Soul, Which Had Frequently Flashed Through My Mind, And Died Away For Want Of Utterance.

Viewed From The Genuine Abolition Ground, Mr. Lincoln Seemed Tardy, Cold, Dull, And Indifferent; But Measuring Him By The Sentiment Of His Country, A Sentiment He Was Bound As A Statesman To Consult, He Was Swift, Zealous, Radical, And Determined.