Without it, suspicion would take the place of trust; vice would be more than a match for virtue; men would prey upon each other, like the wild beasts of the desert; and earth would become a hell.
This quote illustrates the dire consequences of a lack of conscience in society, leading to chaos and moral decay.
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We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.
The father might be a white man, glorying in the purity of his Anglo-Saxon blood, and his child ranked with the blackest slaves.