They are shocked by the irreligion of Massachusetts, and by Theodore Parker.

They read the Bible, and can quote it; they are ready with it as an argument at every turn.

I am of course not used to the warfare, and so withdraw from the fight.
"One argument which three persons have brought up to me is the superior condition of the blacks now, to what it would have been had their parents remained in Africa, and they been children of the soil.

I make no answer to this, for if this is an argument, it would be our duty to enslave the heathen, instead of attempting to enlighten them.
"We hear some anecdotes which are amusing.

A Judge Smith, of South Carolina, moved to Alabama, and became a prominent man there.