P. S.--_Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes._ Don’t let these words be
ever out of your mind, when you think of any proposition from the
Slave-Masters.
_They are all essentially false, with treason in their hearts,
if not on their tongues._ How can it be otherwise? Slavery is
a falsehood, and its supporters are all perverted and changed.
Punic in faith, Punic in character, you are to meet all that they
do or say with denial or distrust.
Mr. Everett reported to me some smooth words of John Tyler,
which seem to have gone to the soul of the eloquent son of
Massachusetts. “Don’t trust him,” said I, “he means to betray
you.”