Holding, as they do, that slavery is morally right and socially elevating, they cannot cease to demand a full national recognition of it as a legal right and a social blessing.

• 他们既然认为奴隶制在道德上是正确的，而且在社会上是高尚的，他们就不会停止要求全国把奴隶制当作一种合法权利和社会幸福加以承认。