system  was  in  itself  wrong  and^  injorions,
and  impoverishing.  It  is  always  easier  to  permit
others  to  think  for  us,  than  to  assume  the  task  of
reasoning  for  ourselves ;  and  thus  many,  if  not  most
slaveholders,  gradually  adopted  the  often  repeated
assertion,  and  were  wont  to  admit,  in  argument,  that
our  system  was,  in  all  points,  inferior  to  others,  and
could  only  he  sustained  on  the  plea  of  necessity.
