From this cause we have lost many, and we are destined, we fear, to lose more, of our worthiest citizens." Though efforts to check it were commonly thought futile, he addressed himself to suasion.

The movement, said he, is a mistaken one; South Carolina planters should let well enough alone.

The West is without doubt the place for wealth, but prosperity is a trial to character.

In the West money is everything.

Its pursuit, accompanied as it is by baneful speculation, lawlessness, gambling, sabbath-breaking, brawls and violence, prevents moral attainment and mental cultivation.