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Chapter 3

           "Marvellous!"mighttheobserverexclaimmisledbysuchexceptionalinterludes,sopatheticallydescribedbythescribblersinLucifer’spay"whatafinepatriarchalinstitutionisslavery,afterall!Afterallwehavesaidanddonetoabolishit!Awasteofsympathysheerphilanthropicfollytoattemptthedestructionofthisancientedificeworthycorner-stonetoa‘chivalric’nation!Oh,yeabolitionfanatics!whydoyeclamouragainstit?Knowyenotthatsomemustsuffermustworkandstarvethatothersmayenjoytheluxuryofidleness?Thatsomemustbeslaves,thatothersmaybefree?"

           Suchargumentsatwhichaworldmightweephavebeenoflatebuttoooftenurged.Woetothemanwhospeaks,andthenationthatgiveseartothem!

           Theplanter’shighspiritsweresharedbyhisparty,Calhounaloneexcepted.Theywerereflectedinthefacesofhisblackbondsmen,whoregardedhimasthesource,anddispenser,oftheirhappiness,ormiseryomnipotentnexttoGod.TheylovedhimlessthanGod,andfearedhimmore;thoughhewasbynomeansabadmasterthatis,bycomparison.Hedidnotabsolutelytakedelightintorturingthem.Helikedtoseethemwellfedandcladtheirepidermisshiningwiththeexudationofitsownoil.Thesesignsbespoketheimportanceoftheirproprietorhimself.

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