[49] President Lincoln was shot while in his private box at Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of April 14, 1865, and died early the next morning. His assassin, J. Wilkes Booth, was pursued to Caroline County, Virginia, where he was fired on by the soldiery and killed. A letter was found upon him ascribing his conduct to his devotion to the Southern States.
[50] The bracketed [sic] interpolations are the remarks of the Gazette.
[51] One of the instances given by the Gazette on this point was that a sovereign made of Californian gold will not buy more wool at Sydney than a sovereign made of Australian gold, although far more labor will have been expended in bringing it to Sydney.
[52] The Gazette's criticism on the previous letter had concluded thus:
The following questions exhaust the points at issue between Mr. Ruskin and ourselves:
Is every man bound to purchase any service or any goods offered him at a "just" price, he having the money?
If yes, there is an end of private property.
If no, the purchaser must be at liberty to refuse to buy if it suits his interest to do so. Suppose he does refuse, and thereupon the seller offers to lower his price, it being his interest to do so, is the purchaser at liberty to accept that offer?
If yes, the whole principle of bargaining is admitted, and the "justice" of the price becomes immaterial.
If no, each party of the supposition is compelled by justice to sacrifice their interest. Why should they do so?