"Suppose it be granted that Mr. Cleveland is a just man, and desires to protect colored citizens in the exercise of th…"

"If I have done anything for the colored people, it is in a great measure due to my having had the good - fortune, whe…"

"The great fact underlying the claim for universal suffrage is that every man is himself and belongs to himself, and r…"

"It is not true that the Republican party has not endeavored to protect the negro in his right to vote. The whole mora…"

"Fellow citizens, there is little necessity on this occasion to speak at length and critically of this great and good …"

"I have said that President Lincoln was a white man, and shared the prejudices common to his countrymen towards the co…"

"Each colored voter of the state should say in scripture phrase, 'may my hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave …"

"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."

"Our faith in him was often taxed and strained to the uttermost, but it never failed…we were at times stunned, grieved…"

"He told me much about himself in a very brief space, for he seemed to have more tongues than ears. I could not get a …"