else of
it. Talk
of the
abuses of
slavery!
Humbug!
The thing
itself is
the
essence of
all abuse!
And the
only
reason why
the land
don’t sink
under it,
like Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
is because
it is used
in a way
infinitely
better
than it
is. For
pity’s
sake, for
shame’s
sake,
because we
are men
born of
women, and
not savage
beasts,
many of us
do not,
and dare
not, – we
would
scorn to
use the
full power
which our
savage
laws put
into our
hands. And
