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Show 62 ROEUUCK . . t ·ested in trm. ns o f thon(~'f ht conn.e cted wtihth w·ere 111 e1 • . t 1 his rcflecttons to e . l t 'ther COIU111\ll11Crt .e< l l. lt., )11 nel f tl . briefly announcec 11S other. At length the a. lei con ·Ju ·ion. I ,vill adhere to tho 'Go 'vith the South, Albert. North." ·u bl" ('fe 1110 if yon will ex- '~ l{ enlly, father, y~n Wl ; ~~l to a <.leci ion so ex-plain 1he reasonH wluch lea y . 1 raordi nary." r . to prefer the land m "IH it not natural IOI me. 1" d til I was l ·n \vlnch I 1Ve nn "'hich I \Vas born an< 1 1 ts of youth, and too ohl to .::lt t• sc,, tt· d the attac une. n · 1 · ·h you have that you shoulcl prefer the land 111 'v uc grown up l?" 1 ~ 'tated He "p~ ibly; bnt"-the you~g .man. 1CSl .. . forth was about to . . te th·lt 1uQ fathct had put 111 tnua ' 1.: lie was un· a mere pretext to cover deeper reasons. l t derstoo l The father replied to his. th:~g: .likely to " I choose, then, the party that IS ·t you Prevail. I expect t 1l us t 0 save Iny prop1e t Y· obtain have none to lose. By t h e sal e 0 f ne:o:-,T oesA l1l n·waiyl l enure Ineans to purchase confiscated estates. l . and sister. to the benefit of yourself and your rnot ter Ll ost cer· This is preparn.t.l on f,o r one even t nh. nd that tao r os ucceed t·tin But if the South should appen . e yon y.o u . can save my propel· ty , a nd' by mardn a.. gtn .'n d ~,, n1ay obtain another estate. Now do yon un er 8 .: 11 hi~ · · f h as an ('fry Wlv he asked 'vith aspenty, as 1 • e ¥V 1 ... :ccret plans. son for requiring hinl to disclose us The latter inquirecl- ~r orson bo "l\Iay not your property or perhaps yo 1 af ·ou etn· in danger here, 'vhcn it becomes known t l ) · brace the Northern cause "1" "It neecl not beconle known here., ROEllUCK. 63 As the gcntlc1nen cc:t~ccl to conveeRe, Afr~t Palrnc1· de 1necl thiR :t t:tvoral>le opportun ity for hcr:-~cl C to talk, bnt ~he had to soliloquize. J i er keen Reent of the f:unily intC'rcst nwclc. h r a .·:J confidant of all don1c. tic dt'lmtc. and the in st inct of' unwnverino- ~elf:. ~ j hncRs had Rometin1es carried her on a bee-line to the stores of fortune when rca. on " ronJcl l1ave HtnrnbJed in the search. But 'vhen btu;iness had been settled, the g )ntlen1en did not de ern it nece.'. ·:1.ry to hear her hotnily. " I t i. a good thing to see brethren d \\'ell tog·cther in nnity; it iH :t g reat crime to de. 'troy the glorious Union establiHhed by onr f:1thers and cern en ted 'vith their blood-liberty and union no'v and forever one and in eparable-<'\"cry 111:1n should do his duty to his country; dulce tJt dr.·co ,·um est pro pa.tr/a mori/ we Hh oul<l be willing to die i() r our n:ttive Janel; your nativo land i ~ N }\V England, my dear hu.·bantl-' lives there a man 'vi th soul ~o tlca<.l 'vho never to himself hnth s:ticl, this iH n1y own, n1y nati vc Janel;' yon clicl not eease to be a 1rn New Englander by conlJng to Virginia to uwke a J(wtnn ; even a poor hnuishC'd cxilo carries 'viLh hin1 the Beutim ents 'vhich he inhaled with his n::ttivc air; patrcc rJ1.tt"s e.rul se q~tfJfjUe jitgit; the North is the ,' t ronge. t ; 'vhy shoul<l the clear chil<lren lose their patrimony in a qunrr l bebvccn Northern 1:1natics and '1onthrrn fire- atcrs; a n1an 'vho don't provide for hi::; 1!unily is eYC'ral degree:.; 'vor ·e 1 han an Infitlel; if p oor Colonel Fair1:lx'~;; estate :honl1l he co nfiscate<.l you may be able to buy it ·with the Inon<\y you get for the negroes ; I abhor the traH-ic in lnun::tn flesh; I \\'ft~ brought np in pious principle ; if the South should ~:>ncceed, All>ert 1night 1narry n-Iiss Fairfax, and save the estate all the san~'"'; it 'vould be |