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millions of negroes are destroying us. As a foreign writer said, 'In
trying to give liberty to the negro, we are losing our own.'"
Said Mrs. North, "Can nothing be done to save us?"
"Bishop Butler tells us, Mrs. North," said I, "that a nation may be
insane as well as an individual. But reason seems to be returning in
some quarters. Secession and its consequences are having a wonderful
effect to open the eyes of people. John Brown's foray and its end were a
providential demonstration of certain errors, which we may conclude will
not soon be revived. Secession is now leading the world to look more
narrowly into the subject of negro slavery. Let me read to you these
extracts from a recent number of 'Le Pays,' Paris. The writer is arguing
that Europe must recognize the Southern confederacy:
'But in awaiting these results which would flow from the cordial
welcome given by Europe to the new confederation, let true
philanthropists be assured that they are wonderfully mistaken in
regard to the real condition of the blacks of the South. We
willingly admit that their error is pardonable, for they have
learned the relations of master and slave only from "Uncle Tom's
Cabin.
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