That there may be a little unsettled, excited, _experimenting_ feeling for a short time, he thinks probable--but feels confident that things generally will move on peaceably and prosperously.

He looks with much more anxiety to the emancipation of the non-praedials in 1838.
There is no disposition among the apprentices to revenge their wrongs.
Mr.C.feels the utmost security both of person and property.
The slaves were very much excited by the discussions in England.

They were well acquainted, with them, and looked and longed for the result.
They watched every arrival of the packet with great anxiety.

The people on his estate often knew its arrival before he did.

One of his daughters remarked, that she could see their hopes flashing from their eyes.