It lays its demands upon every thing within the scope of _human action_.

To "whatever MEN DO," it extends its authority.
And the relation itself, in which slavery consists, is the work of human hands.

It is what men have done to each other--contrary to nature and most injurious to the general welfare.

THIS RELATION, therefore, the Golden Rule condemns.

Wherever its authority prevails, this relation must be annihilated.