human
Oh! my soul's brother from youth up is a traitor! A traitor to his country!
gpt
Max, don't be a fool!
human
Who has done this? bawled Max.
gpt
You felt with the South at first; who has changed you?
human
Of course I feel _for_ the South now, and nobody has changed me but the logic of events, though the twenty-negro law has intensified my opinions. I can't see why I, who have no slaves, must go to fight for them, while every man who has twenty may stay at home.
gpt
Max, what interest has a man like you, without slaves, in a war for slavery? Even if you had them, they would not be your best property. That lies in your country and its resources. Nearly all the world has given up slavery; why can't the South do the same and end the struggle? It has shown you what the South needs, and if all went to work with united hands the South would soon be the greatest country on earth. You have no right to call H. a traitor; it is we who are the true patriots and lovers of the South.