Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smithwas a leading United States social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist. Spouse to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidate for President of the United States in 1848, 1856, and 1860, but only served 18 months in the federal government—in Congress as a Free Soil Party Representative, in 1853–4...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1797
CountryUnited States of America
home men good-man
When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.
organization slavery anti-slavery
I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.
marriage reading southern
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.
believe government people
I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.
turkeys america rights
But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.
rights charter humans
To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
slavery suits sometimes
It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it.
slavery causes influence
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.
slavery theory concern
Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.
turkeys rights nonsense
To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.
men rights political
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.
honesty facts honesty-love
But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.
judging slavery may
We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.
believe doctrine government people subscribe
I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.