This was
Georgiana, the only daughter of the parson, who had but just
returned from Connecticut, where she had finished her education.
She had had the opportunity of contrasting the spirit of
Christianity and liberty in New England with that of slavery in her
native State, and had learned to feel deeply for the injured
negro. Georgiana was in her nineteenth year, and had been much
benefited by her residence of five years at the North. Her form
was tall and graceful, her features regular and well-defined, and
her complexion was illuminated by the freshness of youth, beauty,
and health.
The daughter differed from both the father and visitor upon the
subject which they had been discussing; and as soon as an
opportunity offered, she gave it as her opinion that the Bible was
both the bulwark of Christianity and of liberty. With a smile she
said,--
"Of course, papa will overlook my difference with him, for although
I am a native of the South, I am by education and sympathy a
Northerner." Mr. Wilson laughed, appearing rather pleased than
otherwise at the manner in which his daughter had expressed
herself. From this Georgiana took courage and continued,--
'"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' This single passage of
Scripture should cause us to have respect for the rights of the
slave. True Christian love is of an enlarged and disinterested
nature. It loves all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,
without regard to color or condition.
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