and anti-slavery commons. There is not a good
spirit shown on either side. The subject is
very great, but the combatants are puny;
they cannot look over it fairly, because they
are not tall enough ; or at each other justly,
because they are prejudiced. A David, with
a sling and trifling stone, could aim with
effect where these fail with loud and angry
words.
dear, I wish they would not talk. I believe I hate petty argument. It leaves each stronger in his own view. But perhaps it is because I am a woman, and, woman-like, jump to a conclusion without the drudgery of measuring the intermediate steps.
Now, the aspect of things at the upper end of the saloon changes for the better. There is the voice of a woman surely; others are calmed by it. The voice is very sweet, and the face a goodly one; the dialect purely New England. I have noticed this woman often: her face is remarkably fine; her person large, and well proportioned; she has two fine boys with her, to make Kansas men of; and she goes to meet her husband. Happy woman! Her manner is simple; her words
