In chapter 2 “What did Wilse mean when he said, "The North has become arrogant toward the South. The high tariff industrialists would sooner hev the South starve than give n inch that might cost them a penny”?

Wilse continues by saying that for every evil of slavery, there is an evil of industrialism in the North. The South only wishes to be left alone, but John interrupts him by again denouncing slavery. Bill turns on John by reminding him that they are from the South; they shouldn't have northern abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison as teachers. When tension fills the air, Ellen stops the conversation, ordering that there will be no more talk of war. Wilse thinks that the North wants to impoverish the South.