The Blockade Runner — page 39: what you’re looking at

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&U THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. man. “ Yes, after all I have paid for your schooling, you turn and sting the bosom that warmed you!, Un- vrateful boy! Did I send you to the,continent to be thoroughly educated in gunnery in order that you might train cannon against the South some day? No! a thousand times no!” ‘“T am sorry, uncle, that we disagree on so vital a — subject. I do not wish to antagonize you, and that, too, on the very day of my arrival; but it is impossible for me to render any service to the Southern Confed- eracy as my feelings now stand.” ‘‘May I ask, sir, cee has contaminated those prin- ciples on which I have relied? Were you not born in Wilmington? Are you nota true Southerner, body and soul, sir? What is the meaning of this ase et, ¢ Am I to see my own brother’s oid ony own och and blood—turn traitor to the cause which should be near- est bis heart ?” “ No one has influenced my decision, sir. The prin- ciples I avow to you originated solely with myself. I do not agree with the stand taken by the South. I think the issues involved should have been settled by arbitration and not by a recourse to arms. Ido not wish you to infer that I think our people are wholly wrong, or that the national government is entirely right. That were too complex a subject for you and ], uncle, to argue upon just now. We had better drop the matter here, lest it lead to a quarrel, which I cer- tainly do not desire.” “Why con | “Pray restrain yourself, uncle. temember, you are ny guardian and my father’s brother. My love and respect are yours, and ever will be; but @e@mirdoaslxares im