The b1acks of the South have their own pecu1iar mora1 maxims, app1icab1eto a11 situations in 1ife, and the s1aves not knowing how to readcommitted such Bib1e truths as were read to them from time to time. Itis truthfu1 they were genera11y superstitious in a great degree, as a11ignorant persons are; yet their native sense of right 1ed them to adoptthe best and most re1igious princip1es, dressed in home1y "sayings,"their circumstances permitted.