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Show 58 ROEBUCK. l t for sotne minutes in silence looking old1 g· -ent ClU~T.l.f'i[l. j. , ·ly l)onderincr ho\V f:w he might :v 1f C:\HvlOllS atrtn suts lsu.o · no,.w . n fl ,1 an<1 bloocl 'vith his thought::;. At tC t • 1 ) o·th he qni Lly rctnarkC(l-cn"~ T he North 'vill Rnb·. Jllgatc tll e South." "Do you real1 y t l n. n1 c so (l· " . , "It i~ nw.then1atically certmn. "You scarcely nppreC1· ate tll e Southern r)eoplc, fat.her." "I ~ppreciate statistics." . li s of ~Irs Arrain there \vas silence. The tlun p . Paln~~r nxted as if to open a passage for the ~tendy li~tle b!czc ~f words which usu:tlly flowed .'~lth;:: " P",·ent imt)nlse frotn her n1anLh, ·whenever lt h np <.H ) • c e Bnt s e or)en like the breath of the hlowl~1 g av . h 1] . saw t' hat the gentlerncn, \V1 u ' 1 e crn.z ln~c.r .a. t e:•l c bOrvo 1oekt, 'vere revolving thought 'vhich lnJgh.t not . laid interruption frOJn h r ju t then. So the hl])S vb~cl ~ (re· torrether ngm• n 1• 11 [l. 4v r::n• g 11 t SC'"" lll · Ilc•r n1. an su7ned the conver ation in the R;:unc qtuct tone. "This ,var ,vill destroy slavery." , "I do not fore cc that as a ncccH~ary con. cqnencc, r d Albert " even if the South should be con· rep 1e ' f tl 0 South qucred still less, if the indepcnc1cncc o l Should,be succc fully n1aintain d." "As hostility to ,'ln. very 'vas the on·g t· n, th 0 clestIrfu c't· tion of slavery must be the en(1 o f. tll e ,v.a r· . 1 should hn.vc the n1aO'nitude and duration w·hlch 1 anticipate, it 'v1. ll de._tor oy s1a very even 1. f , u. 1 the ,f inn 1 l ·eL'lllt the South should retnin its independence. f .-., ' " l\ rs " ~fy dear husband nnd my beloved son, . · Paln1cr slipped 1. nto a s1 't gh t pause 1. n t1 lc con versatlO. n of the gentlemen, "my conscience pronlpts Inc t; observe that \VC ought not to grieve at the rclea-,e o ROEBUCK. 59 tni11ions of our {i~Uo,v-beings fron1 the shackles of bondage nnd the la. h of cruel tn~:~k-n1aRter. ; aU 1ncn arc created fr and c<pml; llUtn cann t lawfully hold property in 1nau; trnflic in Jnnnnn ilt\'h cannot be blcf'scd ·wiih the approval of' hca\TCn; this rc1leciion occurred to n1y ntind, n1y dear hn~bnnd, 'vhon yon Rold T01n, to be carric<1 to Lou.-iana wiihout his 'viie and c11itdren, Lut it 1\ras irnc, a~ you ·aid, that he waH quite <.lisobcdicnt and he did not ·want hi" J~unily to bO'O 'vith hizn and his \Yife di<l noL 'vant to o·o and that ,..., ' last family you boughL y n goi aLa low price, bccau. e the owner did not 'vi. ·h to cparntc thent and could noi find another pnrch:tscr lor thcrn all; it " r:t ' very hu rnanc in you ; I hol)C the dny wiJl soon con1c 'vhcn the 'vholc 1:1mily of nw.n will enjoy the tul hine of univer.:n.l frocdon1 under"-- " \V c shoul<l be prepared for these events, Albert," repeated tho f~tther. H PnHlcn ·e r "~quire it," prudently echoed the son. "I will sell1ny Rlavc.'." "The 1noncy n1ight be 1nore. ccurc in any event of tl1c " rar.'' "But, 1ny dear hu ·band, would it noi be n1orc consjstent \vith out· ~rinciplo~ to CJnancipatc th 111 ?" "To be denounced as an abolitioni. ·L '?" "True; that i.· :1~1 in.·npernblc oLjeciion ; \Ye 1nnRt preserve our r . pcctabjliiy in society; n1y ·en. ibilit.y i:-~ de ply 'vounded 'vhcn I think of the painful necc:-;t: ities of our pot~itiou here; 1 so inciiznc~ regret that we left N cw EugluuJ, coelum, non animwn 1nutant qui t?·an8 mare cur'runt; Lo be ~ure " re have i1nprovccl our \vorldly condition here, but nothing is so sweet ns a cahn nnu quiet conscience; I suppose 1110 nlui::it sell the llCoO TOeS "-- |