But," said he, "there is one thing in which they are deficient.

They are omnipotent with matter, but they do not know how to govern men.

If they did," said he, "there would be no chance for us in any form of contest with them." I was much entertained, and I said to him that I supposed his remarks would need qualification on both sides; but I was greatly impressed, as I often am here, with the secret, strong attachment which there is in Southern hearts to the North as a part of the country, irrespective of its anti-slavery views and feelings.

Its climate and institutions and arts and scenery are adapted to their diversified wants.

"The North and the South, Thou hast created them." God made the North for the South, and the South for the North, and our acts of non-intercourse are in violation of his will.