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Show 66 THE LJHEitt\' nELL. be deemed honorable and virtuous in comparison with them. Whenever tho Northern States shall separate from tho Southern on account of Slavery, the accomplishment of all this will be much facilitated. The pressure of foreign opinion, already cxpcri· enced to a certain extent by American tra.vcllcrs in Europe until they have freed themselves from tho imputation of favoring Slavery, will then become intensified by concentration upon a smaller territory. The suspicion which now rests upon Americans at largo will then bo confined to Southerners. It will then also be much easier to facilitate the csca.pe of Slaves, to protect them in their flight, and obstruct the movements of their pur-suers. Tho Northern States will not then so quietly permit tho imprisonment of their seamen in Southern ports withou~ the allegation of crime, or tho ignominious expulsion, without hearing, of I'EIISO:SALITY, G7 ambassadors Ben~ to look after their rights and interests. 'rho Northern churches will then be freed from the most serious obstrtelc to the recognition of their claim to be considered Cltrz'stian churches. Tho political }Jarties of the North will then escape the deteriorating influence of that immense system of bribery, which now makes the chance of their statesmen for office so largely dependent upon their subserviency to the Slave power. Tho cltief legislative assembly of n. Northern confederacy would not be disgraced by the membership of drunkards, bullies, and rufli.ans, and the encounters with foul language, fists, and weapons, which have of late been so common in the Congress of the United States. Finally, the colored people of the North would then begin to ba.vc a prospect of the full recognition of those rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens, and thus n stronger incitement |