I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.
Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.
As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.
I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.
If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free.
I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.
