Mr.Hunter's sympathies were by birth and rearing with the South.

The alliances he sought looked towards the Gulf and not towards the Lakes.

Any measure which was displeasing to South Carolina or Alabama was displeasing to Mr.Hunter, and he gave no heed to what might be the relations of Virginia with the New England, Middle, and Western States.

He measured the policy of Virginia by the policy of States whose geographical position, whose soil, climate, products, and capacities were totally different from hers.
By Mr.Hunter's policy, Virginia could sell only slaves to the South.

A more enlightened view would have enabled Virginia to furnish a large proportion of the fabrics which the Southern States were compelled to purchase in communities far to the north of her.
Mr.Hunter was no doubt entirely honest in this course.