I meet them, Sir, every day, and the more I see of them the more I esteem them and the more grateful I am that our institutions give us the opportunity of securing their services.

Few lands are so blest." "That is true, Colonel.

To be sure you can buy now and then a Senator or a Representative but they do not know it is wrong, and so they are not ashamed of it.

They are gentle, and confiding and childlike, and in my opinion these are qualities that ennoble them far more than any amount of sinful sagacity could.

I quite agree with you, Col.