This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ... of the great body of the people on both sides, are far from being as friendly as they ought. The South will not easily forget the cause of the abolition excitement; and on the other side the treatment of some northern men in Tennessee, in Georgia, and elsewhere, has produced deep feelings in the public mind. The South ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ... of the great body of the people on both sides, are far from being as friendly as they ought. The South will not easily forget the cause of the abolition excitement; and on the other side the treatment of some northern men in Tennessee, in Georgia, and elsewhere, has produced deep feelings in the public mind. The South may be assured, that it is an entirely gratuitous suspicion, which supposes the North to be unfriendly to her interests. The South may be assured that the North rejoices in her prosperity. The great interests of both, although not identical, are reciprocal; and it is susceptible of proof, that they are mutually dependent upon, and nourish by the aid of each other. The North is engrossed in active enterprize, to which her situation and her industrious habits both impel her--and is too busy about her own concerns, to devise schemes for injuring the South; and if the latter would put her heads and hands to the like active enterprize, she would have less time, and less inclination, to indulge in suspicion that the North was endeavouring to cripple or undermine her prosperity. I have no hesitation in repeating what has been frequently said, that the North has no disposition to do injustice to the South. But still, if the former believe that justice requires freedom for the slave, and the latter by the same term understand a right to keep him in bondage, there is a radical difference of opinion between them; and nothing but the wisest deliberation, joined with forbearance and Christian principle, and aided by God's mercy, can ever settle the question in an amicable manner. XIII. In closing this chapter, I will take the liberty to state my views as an individual, respecting the result of this controversy. In view of the circumstances and opinions of...
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