"Yo' know well, that a worser tyrant than e'er th' masters were says, 'Clem to death, and see 'em a' clem to death, ere yo' dare go again th' Union.' Yo' know it well, Nicholas, for a' yo're one on e'm. Yo' may be kind hearts, each separate; but once banded together, yo've no more pity for a man than a wild hunger-maddened wolf."

'Yo' know well that the Union's a worser tyrant than th' masters. It says "Clem to death, before yo' dare go against th' Union." Yo' know it well, Nicholas. Yo' may be kind hearts separately; but banded together, yo've no more pity than a wolf.'
