He insisted that morality required opposition to slavery and rejected any "groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong".
hiː ɪnsˈɪstᵻd ðæt mɔːɹˈælᵻɾi ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚd ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən tə slˈeɪvɚɹi ænd ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ˌɛni "ɡɹˈoʊpɪŋ fɔːɹ sˌʌm mˈɪdəl ɡɹˈaʊnd bᵻtwˌiːn ðə ɹˈaɪt ænd ðə ɹˈɔŋ".