Does the North suppose we will endure a sectional President?
No, sir, it would mean secession--the death-knell of the Union.

Sir, we may be driven to more practical arguments by the scurrilous speeches of the abolitionists.

It is an attack on property, on the ownership of the inferior race by the supremely superior.

That is the vital question." He spoke with excitement and gesticulated as if at a political meeting.
Mark Rivers, annoyed, felt a strong inclination to box John's ears.

He took advantage of the pause to say, "Would you like a little more rye, Mr.Grey ?" "Why, yes, sir.