There is a relation belonging to this species of property, unlike that of the apprentice or the hired man, which awakens whatever there is of kindness or of nobility of soul in the heart of him who owns it; this can only be alienated, obscured, or destroyed, by collecting this species of property into such masses that the owner is not personally acquainted with the individuals who compose it.


Senate speech, 1860.

Jefferson Davis Quotes

There is a relation belonging to this species of property, unlike that of the apprentice or the hired man, which awakens whatever there is of...

There is a relation belonging to this species of property, unlike that of the apprentice or the hired man, which awakens whatever there is of...

There is a relation belonging to this species of property, unlike that of the apprentice or the hired man, which awakens whatever there is of...

There is a relation belonging to this species of property, unlike that of the apprentice or the hired man, which awakens whatever there is of...