To begin, then, at the beginning we have two ships off the American coast, the one casting anchor in Plymouth harbor, the other discharging its cargo at Jamestown.

They were both freighted with human souls.

But how different! Despotism landed at Jamestown, democracy at Plymouth.

Here in the germ was the Southern idea, slave labor, slave institutions; and here also was the Northern idea, free labor, free institutions.

Once planted they grew, each seed idea multiplying after its kind.