“Yes, and he did not deserve it.”
“Didn’t deserve it?”
“I think not; he is a royal man, and would have made an excellent president, in my judgment.”
“If he had not been a Whig; that spoils him. Strange how much good and smartness a man may have, and not have good sense.”
“But he has good sense, in my judgment, if you will pardon me.”
“Young man, slavery is a Divine institution. That is fixed; the Bible decides that!”
These words were said with great emphasis.
“Then what of the Declaration of Independence; does that conflict with the Bible? Is that a Divine institution?”
The man was puzzled, but finally said,—
“Well, the Bible don’t have to agree with everything.”