Occupation: Former United States Senator Birth: October 27, 1800 Death: March 2, 1878
As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code..
Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere..
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….
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me ….
I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men..
I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery..
I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears….
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….
The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming..
I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate..