SOUTHERN SLAVERY CONSIDERED ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES; OR, A GRAPPLE WITH ABSTRACTIONISTS. BY A NORTH CAROLINIAN
1861 · New York
by [North Carolina]
New York: Rudd & Carleton, Publishers, 1861. Disbound without wrappers. Persistent upper area stain in inner corners, with occasional pencil marginalia, else a clean text. Good+.
"Abstractionists," the author says, also known as "one-idea people, at all times are the bane of society." On the divisive issue of slavery, "Remember, that it is one thing to answer this question in the quiet security of his domestic circle at the North, and quite another to live at the South, surrounded by the dear members of his family, and run the risk of having it answered for him, in a way that would appal his heart, however brave and noble its instincts. The peace of those beloved ones, if not the good of his country, and of the ignorant blacks themselves, would make him pause and ponder well, before removing from them the least restraint, which maddened abstractionists might dictate."
Thornton 13097. Sabin 88488. LCP 9653. Not in Bartlett. (Inventory #: 21543)
"Abstractionists," the author says, also known as "one-idea people, at all times are the bane of society." On the divisive issue of slavery, "Remember, that it is one thing to answer this question in the quiet security of his domestic circle at the North, and quite another to live at the South, surrounded by the dear members of his family, and run the risk of having it answered for him, in a way that would appal his heart, however brave and noble its instincts. The peace of those beloved ones, if not the good of his country, and of the ignorant blacks themselves, would make him pause and ponder well, before removing from them the least restraint, which maddened abstractionists might dictate."
Thornton 13097. Sabin 88488. LCP 9653. Not in Bartlett. (Inventory #: 21543)