The things we do!

"The whole North is stirred up and
bound to make trouble. These men seem to have taken the girl in
without hesitation. They don't intend to stand by any compromise,
at least. The question is, what are we going to do about it? We
can't stand here and see our property taken away by armed invaders,
in this way. And yet--"
"It looks," he added slowly, a moment later, "just as Thomas
Jefferson said long ago, as though this country had the wolf by the
ear, and could neither hold it nor let it go. For myself--and
setting aside this personal matter, which is at worst only the loss
of a worthless girl--I admit I fear that this slavery wolf is going
to mean trouble--big trouble--both for the South and the North,
before long."
"Douglas, over there in Illinois, hasn't brought up anything in
Congress yet that's stuck," broke in the ever-ready Jones. "Old
Caroliny and Mississip'--them's the ones! Their conventions show
where we're goin' to stand at. We'll let the wolf go, and take
holt in a brand new place, that's exactly what we'll do!"
Dunwody remained silent for a time.


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