"The first
think they have law back of them. The latter know they have none!"
"No," she said, "only the higher law, that of human democracy.
No,--we've nothing concrete--except Lily!"
"Yes, but let me argue you out of this, Countess. Really, I can
see no just reason why the proud and prosperous North should wish
to destroy the proud and prosperous South. If the South remains in
the Union it must be considered a part of the Union. New England
did not believe in taxation without representation. Ought it to
enforce that doctrine on the South?"
"You argue it very well, Sir, as well as any one can. The only
trouble is that you are not convinced, and you do not convince.
You are trying to protect me, that's all. I have no answer--except
Lily! There are some things in the analysis from which you shrink.
Isn't it true?"
"Yes, altogether true. We always come back to the bitter and
brutal part of slavery. But what are we going to do for remedy?
Anarchy doesn't suggest remedy.
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