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Chapter 3

           "Marvellous!"mighttheobserverexclaim—misledbysuchexceptionalinterludes,sopatheticallydescribedbythescribblersinLucifer’spay—"whatafinepatriarchalinstitutionisslavery,afterall!Afterallwehavesaidanddonetoabolishit!Awasteofsympathy—sheerphilanthropicfollytoattemptthedestructionofthisancientedifice—worthycorner-stonetoa‘chivalric’nation!Oh,yeabolitionfanatics!whydoyeclamouragainstit?Knowyenotthatsomemustsuffer—mustworkandstarve—thatothersmayenjoytheluxuryofidleness?Thatsomemustbeslaves,thatothersmaybefree?"

           Sucharguments—atwhichaworldmightweep—havebeenoflatebuttoooftenurged.Woetothemanwhospeaks,andthenationthatgiveseartothem!

           Theplanter’shighspiritsweresharedbyhisparty,Calhounaloneexcepted.Theywerereflectedinthefacesofhisblackbondsmen,whoregardedhimasthesource,anddispenser,oftheirhappiness,ormisery—omnipotent—nexttoGod.TheylovedhimlessthanGod,andfearedhimmore;thoughhewasbynomeansabadmaster—thatis,bycomparison.Hedidnotabsolutelytakedelightintorturingthem.Helikedtoseethemwellfedandclad—theirepidermisshiningwiththeexudationofitsownoil.Thesesignsbespoketheimportanceoftheirproprietor—himself.

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