Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.
I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.