They say it is a pity that the harmonious relations heretofore existing between the slave and the master (some go so far to say the happy relations) should be disturbed. I need not dwell long upon that subject as all of us know how happy we have been. I dare not refer to the many causes that should have made us happy lest I slip up, indeed a feeling of hatred that would demand blood.
Speech [c. 1866]
