I was amazed by the level of care that Mary’s uncle had toward the people that helped him on the farm. “So I suppose that you are not of the conservative mentality?”
Ben puffed on his pipe again and replied, “I am conservative in my ideals. Though I don’t see any way that I can make a change. No, I believe that there will be conflict before any of this unrest can be changed between the southern states and the North. Some would say that I am a fool, but tensions are growing, not relaxing. The only thing that will happen is the right set of circumstances and we will be in a full-blown war. The northern states cannot understand that the South just wants to govern itself. They only see that we are poor and cruel slave owners, but if they thought about it for a moment, they would see that this
