The right of the hand, and the tongue, and the stomach--even the right of the eye is denied him; but by some freak of law he has some little right of foot, doubtless to enable him to go and serve his master." Dan was amazed, and his better sense aroused.

Why should this gentleman step out of the rank of his birth, to talk in this way?
Now and then Dan himself had indulged in such ideas, but always with a doubt that they were wicked, and not long enough to make them seem good in his eyes.

He knew that some fellows at "the Club" talked thus; but they were a lot of idle strangers, who came there chiefly to corrupt the natives, and work the fish trade out of their hands.

These wholesome reflections made him doubt about accepting Squire Carne's invitation; and it would have been good for him if that doubt had prevailed, though he trudged a thousand miles for it.
"What! Break down a fence, and then be afraid to enter! That is the style of your race, friend Daniel.

That is why you never get your rights, even when you dare to talk of them.