The people would stick to the sloops.

That was the only safe way for sensible people to get to market.

Let them stick to the sloops, and Mr.Fulton would not build a castle of what he got by his inventions.
The meeting was highly gratified at what the schoolmaster had said, and, indeed, felt so much relieved that Hanz ordered a keg of fresh beer to be tapped.

These noisy, splashing steamboats would frighten people, and by that means the good old-fashioned way of getting to market would not be interfered with.

It was also a source of great relief to these honest people, that when those extravagant New Yorkers had spent all their money on such wild and dangerous experiments, they would be content to stay at home and mind their own business.