I will not have any crop next summer.

With money at twelve per cent.

and no munificent state salary coming in,--that means rather more than I care to talk about." "And it was I--_I_ who did that for you! Believe, believe me, I was wholly innocent of it! I did not know!--I did not! I did not! I would not have done that to my worst enemy!" "No, I suppose not; but here is where we come again to the real heart of all of these questions which so many of us feel able to solve offhand.

What difference should you make between me and another?
If it is right for the North to free all these slaves without paying for them, why should there be anything in my favor, over any one of my neighbors?
And, most of all, why should you not be overjoyed at punishing me?
Why am I not your worst enemy?
I differed from you,--I wronged you,--I harmed you,--I did everything in the world I could to injure you.

At least you have played even with me.