It seems to me that the South has two objects in view: firstly the liberation of its trade and people from the law of tribute to the North; secondly and perhaps mainly, the maintenance of the slave system without fear or risk of Northern interference.
Morley analyzes the South's objectives during the Civil War, particularly regarding trade and the preservation of slavery.
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There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.
But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
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