. The life of John Bright. W T3-- &<O < a) i-jS c 13 OV i—i o o A ** -a are/) H 2W a wa! Ph o 23 -u en 0) I§ •as o w c aj 1861-63] CURRENTS OF ENGLISH FEELING 303 one of slavery : the North was divided between those whowould abolish, those who would control it, and those who wouldtolerate it for the sake of Union. The South was and is againstits abolition, and against its limitation, and prefers its perpetualexistence to the Union itself. And now even the writers andspeakers of the South insist upon it that all social organisationis wrong which is not based on slavery. He speaks of t
. The life of John Bright. W T3-- &<O < a) i-jS c 13 OV i—i o o A ** -a are/) H 2W a wa! Ph o 23 -u en 0) I§ •as o w c aj 1861-63] CURRENTS OF ENGLISH FEELING 303 one of slavery : the North was divided between those whowould abolish, those who would control it, and those who wouldtolerate it for the sake of Union. The South was and is againstits abolition, and against its limitation, and prefers its perpetualexistence to the Union itself. And now even the writers andspeakers of the South insist upon it that all social organisationis wrong which is not based on slavery. He speaks of theFree Traders assembled at Richmond as if the freedom of in-dividual industry were not the basis of all freedom. Yet in hisletters to Sumner x Bright took care to tell the AmericanGovernment, with no less than his usual candour, that their foolish tariff was in part responsible for such feeling againstthe North as was to be found in the English middle class. Beside the Free Trade feeling, there was a Liberal feel
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