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The second reason is, that living remote from the seat of slavery, and being unconnected with the slave-holders, there are none of those tender and affectionate ties existing between the two parties, of a social and personal character, which go so far in neutralizing our evil dispositions, and which would enable the anti-slavery party to judge more dispassionately and correctly. And were their opinions of slavery the result of personal observation and knowledge, that sympathy which is given exclusively to the slaves would be divided with their masters, or, for the most part, would be found without a just cause for existence.
The Author.
Lastly Hall, near Mercersburg, Pa., 1840.
