“We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.” IfsWarLawFailingConstitutionSlaverySlaveOperationsHereafterFugitive Author:Jay Sekulow
“It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue.” MenShouldMightEvilGreaterConstitutionEndeavorBondageViolationRedress Author:Jay Sekulow