The value of all kinds of property has risen considerably, and a general sense of security appears to be rapidly pervading the public mind.

I have not heard one man assert that it would be an advantage to return to slavery, even were it practicable; and I believe that the public is beginning to see that slave labor is not the cheapest." "2.

The prejudices against color are _rapidly vanishing_.

I do not think there is a respectable man, I mean one who would be regarded as respectable on account of his good sense and weight of character, who would impugn another's conduct for associating with persons of color.

So far as my observation goes, those who would formerly have acted on these prejudices, will be ashamed to own that they had entertained them.