\"Ididnotinterferetopreventhisfloggingtheslave，mother，buttopreventhisfloggingtheslave\'swife，whichwaspurewantonbrutality。Itisnotaquestionofslaveryonewayortheother。Anyonehasarighttointerferetoputastoptobrutality。IfIsawamanbrutallytreatingahorseoradogIshouldcertainlydoso；andifitisrighttointerferetosaveadumbanimalfrombrutalill-treatmentsurelyitmustbejustifiabletosaveawomaninthesamecase。I
amnotanAbolitionist。Thatistosay，Iconsiderthatslavesonaproperlymanagedestate，likeours，forinstance，arejustaswelloffasarethelaborersonanestateinEurope；butIshouldcertainlyliketoseelawspassedtoprotectthemfromill-treatment。Why，inEnglandtherearelawsagainstcrueltytoanimals；andamanwhobrutallyfloggedadogorahorsewouldgetamonth\'simprisonmentwithhardlabor。Iconsideritadisgracetousthatamanmayhereill-treatahumanbeingworsethanhemightinEnglandadumbanimal。\"
\"Youknow，Vincent，\"hismothersaidmorequietly，\"thatIobjectasmuchasyoudototheill-treatmentoftheslaves，andthattheslaveshere，asonallwell-conductedplantationsinVirginia，arewelltreated；butthisisnotatimeforbringinginlawsorcarryingoutreforms。ItisbadenoughtohavescoresofNorthernersdoingtheirbesttostirupmischiefbetweenmastersandslaveswithoutaSoutherngentlemanmixinghimselfupinthematter。WehavegottostandtogetherasonepeopleandtoprotectourStaterightsfrominterference。\"
\"IamjustasmuchinfavorofStaterightsasanyoneelse，mother；
andif，asseemslikely，thepresentquarrelistobefoughtout，I