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Show lGG ROEBUCK. "Wh:1t is thn.t, pray 7" "ThP fact. thnt the jn~t cnn~e i~ ~cldon1 snccessful in \v:tr. The Jlevcrcnd 1\Ir. Aml>1er thinks this is becam" e Providence 'vonld admonish goocl n1en to avoid war by teaching thcn1 that if a righteous can. c cannot Le uphcltl by reason, it c.1nnot be cnforcc<l with the fi\\rorc1. I only Rec that, ns :t rule, the big dog whips the li tt1c one, :tnd that dogs arc usually insolent and nnjn. t in proportion to their Rizc." '' J)o yon not believe th:tt Providence awards victory in accordance " 'ith jus lice ?'' ' J(ycl, the pirate, hacl victories. En.o-b .nd con-quered India. \Ve have extcnninatctl the American India11s. Victors have clincc.l on 1nincc<1 1nissionary. Brntn~ die l for liberty, and Ccsat ha<1 the empire. Napo 1con was the genius of v J('.tory-"ras he a man aCLcr Gocl's O\\' ll henrt? Di<l J>rovidcnce chango sic1c' at \~{aterloo ~ \V c 1nnst not tnrn Pn n·ans." ;::J "At all even tt4, yon "rill sec the an1aziu g energy of our govcrnn1en t displayed in npprcssing the re· hellion." "A gon.~rnmcnt, in ccn.sing to be free, n1:-ty display terrific energy, like a sLc:un-Loilcr in exploding." "Bttt our governrncut docs not cea ·e to be free." "lias not the hn.ben.s corpus been snspended by :J Pref'iclential edict-the chief jnsticc flontrd by a mili· 1:try oflicer-newRp:.pcrs , npprcssc 1-lcg isJatures bro· keu up-citizens in1prisoned-law:-; de1ic<.1 (? Yom goyernment cannot subjngntc the South withont firBl en~laving the North." "W c sllall return to the Luhvark~ of 1ib8rLy afLei supprcs::;ing· the rebellion." '' JVu1 lu v csti.'; z'a retro1·s nm." ''Let n~ have another g:.une of chc})s, doctor." no 1c n u c K. 1G7 .1\-fr. Campbell 'vns not r-ati ~fi ~I th., t t' 110 } 11 - • • • . ..... · •\ 1; Hnous opmro~ dcltv~rcd by ~:tlcb correctly rcpre~cntccl pttb- !J_c scnttn1?nt rn _t110 A fr ican branch of Son thorn 80 _ ?tcty. !Its professional cm·iosity pricked him to pry mto the_ th?nghts :tncl feeling-s of the slaves. He deemed It Jus duty also to cnlio-hten the 111 0 tl . . b n 1e great qncstwn of thou· own dcst.iny jf he found th b . . ' em e-lllghtctl l1kc Caleb. His philanthropy was as mctl- <llcsomc :t ~H1 c go tis tical as his Cl>riosit y. Dei II o· tronb!cd 'Yith no scruples of honesty or ho 110 • ,..l., 1 . 1, :tll ( ,~lVIng.set np a. Deity in his O\Vn irnagc, he per ·uac1cd h_u~scl~ that he wonlt~ be doing Gotl service in sowing <l_t~seus1ou ~ctwec~ hr~ host ancl his servants by cxcrtmg dc1wn vc aspu·n.t1ons in the 1ninds of the crcclnlous ncgt:oc. . B efore he had been long at H.ocbnck he. ~oncctvc<l the ambitions antl atrociot1s design of set vm~ tho Northern cause by fo1ncnting :t servile insurrectiOn. Under the influence of tho. e 1noti ves he sought oppO!"iunitics to convcr. c with the slaves at goe?uck and on other c~tatcs. As he rotle about at l_HS plea 'nrc, he 10nnd such opportunities withont dtfltcnl ty. B c i u g conscious, howe v01·, of an illicit aml 1odt~ns purpoxc, he avoidctl ob"crvation, mHl g-ave to us Intercourse \Vilh the serv:1nts a c1ar11ue ·tine character. He supposed it was qttito unknown to the pcrs~ ns whose hospitality he enjoyed. IIis in terviews lnth son1e of the negroes who have become known to the reader n1ny be bdeily dc:·cribcc1. . He 10nnd oltl Valentine sunning himself one morn-lno- before I · b' 1 !' . a llt) ca m, nr1< n ter somo qucstious nbout Jus health, age and recollections, iuquit·cd if the old fmreaen. knew thn.t the uor.::r::> roc~ won1d all soon be set "Den Gotl help us, poor niggers," ejamllatctl |