[Peace-discuss] July 4 parade

[Karen Medina]

"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? [...] it will
spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. [...] I mean [...]
the growing disposition to [...] furious passions in lieu of the sober
judgment of courts. [...] How shall we fortify against it? [...]
support the Declaration of Independence [...] the Constitution."
January 27, 1837
on the subject of the evils of lynching
Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois