"And all for an idea!" "Yes," said I, "and for an idea which to one whole section, and to a very large part of the people in the other section, is false .-- Four millions of negroes are destroying us.

As a foreign writer said, 'In trying to give liberty to the negro, we are losing our own.'" Said Mrs.North, "Can nothing be done to save us ?" "Bishop Butler tells us, Mrs.North," said I, "that a nation may be insane as well as an individual.

But reason seems to be returning in some quarters.

Secession and its consequences are having a wonderful effect to open the eyes of people.

John Brown's foray and its end were a providential demonstration of certain errors, which we may conclude will not soon be revived.