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
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. – Gerrit Smith
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 oclock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. – Gerrit Smith
The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. – Gerrit Smith