But I should like to reinstate the MASTER.

And not for HIS sake alone, but for freedom's sake and OURS.

To be plain: since I have taken up this matter for the company, I have satisfied myself from personal observation that the negro--even more than his master--cannot handle his new condition.

He is accustomed to his old traditional task-master, and I doubt if he will work fairly for any other--particularly for those who don't understand him.

Don't mistake me: I don't propose to go back to the whip; to that brutal institution, the irresponsible overseer; to the buying and selling, and separation of the family, nor any of the old wrongs; but I propose to make the old master OUR OVERSEER, and responsible to US.