Benjamin F. Wade

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere. Benjamin F. Wade

Anywhere I Am Power

I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up. Benjamin F. Wade

Body Communication Free

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 road. Benjamin F. Wade

Liberty Men Power

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 tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear. Benjamin F. Wade

Heart Influence Know

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. Benjamin F. Wade

Compromise Fall Men

We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us. Benjamin F. Wade

Cannot Connection Impossible

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 that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them. Benjamin F. Wade

Always Independence Men

But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it. Benjamin F. Wade

Duty Path Sir

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

Believe Darkness Sun