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"
Look
here
,
Epps
,
"
continued
his
companion
;
"
you
ca
n't
laugh
me
down
in
that
way
.
Some
men
are
witty
,
and
some
ai
n't
so
witty
as
they
think
they
are
.
Now
let
me
ask
you
a
question
.
Are
all
men
created
free
and
equal
as
the
Declaration
of
Independence
holds
they
are
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
responded
Epps
,
"
but
all
men
,
niggers
,
and
monkeys
ai
n't
;
"
and
hereupon
he
broke
forth
into
a
more
boisterous
laugh
than
before
.
"
There
are
monkeys
among
white
people
as
well
as
black
,
when
you
come
to
that
,
"
coolly
remarked
Bass
.
"
I
know
some
white
men
that
use
arguments
no
sensible
monkey
would
.
But
let
that
pass
.
These
niggers
are
human
beings
.
If
they
do
n't
know
as
much
as
their
masters
,
whose
fault
is
it
?
They
are
not
allowed
to
know
anything
.
You
have
books
and
papers
,
and
can
go
where
you
please
,
and
gather
intelligence
in
a
thousand
ways
.
But
your
slaves
have
no
privileges
.
You
'd
whip
one
of
them
if
caught
reading
a
book
.
They
are
held
in
bondage
,
generation
after
generation
,
deprived
of
mental
improvement
,
and
who
can
expect
them
to
possess
much
knowledge
?
If
they
are
not
brought
down
to
a
level
with
the
brute
creation
,
you
slaveholders
will
never
be
blamed
for
it
.
If
they
are
baboons
,
or
stand
no
higher
in
the
scale
of
intelligence
than
such
animals
,
you
and
men
like
you
will
have
to
answer
for
it
.
There
's
a
sin
,
a
fearful
sin
,
resting
on
this
nation
,
that
will
not
go
unpunished
forever
.
There
will
be
a
reckoning
yet
--
yes
,
Epps
,
there
's
a
day
coming
that
will
burn
as
an
oven
.
It
may
be
sooner
or
it
may
be
later
,
but
it
's
a
coming
as
sure
as
the
Lord
is
just
.
"
"
If
you
lived
up
among
the
Yankees
in
New-England
,
"
said
Epps
,
"
I
expect
you
'd
be
one
of
them
cursed
fanatics
that
know
more
than
the
constitution
,
and
go
about
peddling
clocks
and
coaxing
niggers
to
run
away
.
"
"
If
I
was
in
New-England
,
"
returned
Bass
,
"
I
would
be
just
what
I
am
here
.
I
would
say
that
Slavery
was
an
iniquity
,
and
ought
to
be
abolished
.
I
would
say
there
was
no
reason
nor
justice
in
the
law
,
or
the
constitution
that
allows
one
man
to
hold
another
man
in
bondage
.
It
would
be
hard
for
you
to
lose
your
property
,
to
be
sure
,
but
it
would
n't
be
half
as
hard
as
it
would
be
to
lose
your
liberty
.
You
have
no
more
right
to
your
freedom
,
in
exact
justice
,
than
Uncle
Abram
yonder
.
Talk
about
black
skin
,
and
black
blood
;
why
,
how
many
slaves
are
there
on
this
bayou
as
white
as
either
of
us
?
And
what
difference
is
there
in
the
color
of
the
soul
?
Pshaw
!
the
whole
system
is
as
absurd
as
it
is
cruel
.
You
may
own
niggers
and
behanged
,
but
I
would
n't
own
one
for
the
best
plantation
in
Louisiana
.
"
"
You
like
to
hear
yourself
talk
,
Bass
,
better
than
any
man
I
know
of
.
You
would
argue
that
black
was
white
,
or
white
black
,
if
any
body
would
contradict
you
.
Nothing
suits
you
in
this
world
,
and
I
do
n't
believe
you
will
be
satisfied
with
the
next
,
if
you
should
have
your
choice
in
them
.
"
Conversations
substantially
like
the
foregoing
were
not
unusual
between
the
two
after
this
;
Epps
drawing
him
out
more
for
the
purpose
of
creating
a
laugh
at
his
expense
,
than
with
a
view
of
fairly
discussing
the
merits
of
the
question
.
He
looked
upon
Bass
,
as
a
man
ready
to
say
anything
merely
for
the
pleasure
of
hearing
his
own
voice
;
as
somewhat
self-conceited
,
perhaps
,
contending
against
his
faith
and
judgment
,
in
order
,
simply
,
to
exhibit
his
dexterity
in
argumentation
.
He
remained
at
Epps
'
through
the
summer
,
visiting
Marksville
generally
once
a
fortnight
.
The
more
I
saw
of
him
,
the
more
I
became
convinced
he
was
a
man
in
whom
I
could
confide
.
Nevertheless
,
my
previous
ill-fortune
had
taught
me
to
be
extremely
cautious
.
