To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together. — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery. — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him;… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it. — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free… — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. — Benjamin F. Wade Copy Share Image
