Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...James Redpath A collection of anti-slavery papers, poems, etc., commemorative of John Brown. |
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... truth , and commu- nicate his own resolution ; therefore he appeared incompara- bly strong , and eloquence in Congress and elsewhere seemed to me at a discount . It was like the speeches of Cromwell compared with those of an ordinary ...
... truth , and commu- nicate his own resolution ; therefore he appeared incompara- bly strong , and eloquence in Congress and elsewhere seemed to me at a discount . It was like the speeches of Cromwell compared with those of an ordinary ...
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... truth ? They are so anxious because of a dim con- sciousness of the fact , which they do not distinctly face , that at least a million of the free inhabitants of the United States would have rejoiced if it had succeeded . They at most ...
... truth ? They are so anxious because of a dim con- sciousness of the fact , which they do not distinctly face , that at least a million of the free inhabitants of the United States would have rejoiced if it had succeeded . They at most ...
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... truth ? If we do not say pleasant things , they argue , nobody will attend to us . And so they do like some travelling auctioneers , who sing an obscene song in order to draw a crowd around them . Re- publican editors , obliged to get ...
... truth ? If we do not say pleasant things , they argue , nobody will attend to us . And so they do like some travelling auctioneers , who sing an obscene song in order to draw a crowd around them . Re- publican editors , obliged to get ...
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... truth , and say what they mean . They are simply at their old tricks still . " It was always conceded to him , " says one who calls him crazy , " that he was a conscientious man , very modest in his demeanor , apparently inoffensive ...
... truth , and say what they mean . They are simply at their old tricks still . " It was always conceded to him , " says one who calls him crazy , " that he was a conscientious man , very modest in his demeanor , apparently inoffensive ...
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... truth and manhood . No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature , knowing himself for a man , and the equal of any and all governments . In that sense he was the most American of ...
... truth and manhood . No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature , knowing himself for a man , and the equal of any and all governments . In that sense he was the most American of ...
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Page 394 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 334 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 409 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! •3. There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven ; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 4.
Page 140 - I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done, Let me say one word further.
Page 443 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 409 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee...
Page 228 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 438 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Page 211 - His truth, they shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage, and as the Lord's free people joined themselves (by a covenant of the Lord) into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in all His ways made known, or to be made known unto them, according to their best endeavours, whatsoever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them.8 And that it cost them something this ensuing history will declare.
Page 214 - Thus saith the LORD ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.