What The Secessionists Have Done Thus Far — Abolished the Fourth of July; given up the Stars and Stripes; defrauded Northern creditors; stolen some millions of the National treasures; fired into an unarmed steamer; established a mock Constitution which they dare not submit to the people; captured a half-starved fortress; lowered the price of niggers fifty per cent., and made themselves a by-word and a hissing throughout the civilized world. — Missouri Democrat
(Liberator, May 24, 1861, pg 3)
