“It is worth its bulk in gold. I honor the heart and give large
credit to the head that combined to send forth such a document.
If it could but reach the eyes and ears of the South generally,
it would tell upon even that dark and ignorant people; but it
cannot; a few may see it. There is not brass enough, nor yet
iron, nor steel, in the Southern Senators to ward off such a
blow. They will never forget it. There are some weak-kneed
Republicans who wish the speech had been less severe. I believe
in the entire speech. As you undertook to give the truth, why
not tell the whole truth? It is time they were exposed; it is
time to hold up Slavery’s mirror, not only to the South, but
before the world.”