This would be finally squelched, he thought.

New England had always demanded a tariff in order to foster her industries, and that policy trenched on the rights of the states not needing and not wanting a tariff.

While slavery did not in any way harm New England, she intermeddled in a mood of moral fanaticism.
I was much interested in these revelations by Mr.Yarnell, for such was his name....

One morning we began to sense land.

We had been about three weeks on the water.