Now war is wrong, but circumstances sometimes make it right.

So with holding certain men in slavery, under certain circumstances.

I cannot believe that it is right to go and enslave whom we will; but the blacks being here, I can see that it may be the very best thing for all concerned that they should be owned.

This may be God's way of having them governed and educated." I found that I was getting deeper into the subject than I intended, and, besides, it was time to rise.

As I left the room, she said, "You _will_ change those papers, won't you?
then we will have some more pleasant talks about this subject." She called to me from the door, "Please don't send back the lady's letter; I wish to copy it." This is my reason for not sending the letter with my reply to it.