... not merely or mainly the body, but still more the mind, all its products and institutions. Moreover, they are very persistent, maintaining and asserting themselves in scarcely diminished force ... impulses, not thinking whither these wouldlead them, not seeing the end from the beginning. Southern hearts are not less benevolent than Northern, but Southern eyes are of necessity in this matter ... danger while the instinct is aroused, and therefore, but only therefore, the South issafe. What we deprecate is the systematic warfare that is waged in some quarters against this instinct as amere...