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JUOM THE Il(>sr*tN J’ATlUor. ROMAN'S I^nVF.. A woman'-i ]o\t*, p in the luart. Is like ihu \ivid I'lmver, That lifts its molest lifal apart, 111 some icqvicstcrcd !iov cr: Aii'l l)li st is lie wlio fiiuls I'lat bloom, W ho sips itsR-ent.lc sxreets ; He heeds not life’s oppressive gloom, Nor ull the cure he meets. A woni.in’s love is like the spring Amid the wiki alone, A bnrniniy wild, o*cr which the v.ing Of cloud is seldom thrown ; Anil blest is he who meets that fount Heneath the sultry day; How gUdly slioulJ his spirit mount! How pleasant be his way ! A woman’s love is like the rock 'I’hat every tvmpest braves. And stands secure amid tlie shock Uf xjcean's wildest waves; And blest Is lie who knows repose A\'ilirin its siridf is g-iven ; Tlie world, with all its cares and woes, Seems Kss like earth than heavi n. AMKIJK V J)KF1:M)K»; Or, Kimlish Crrlinnni^ Urlml/cd. l aoM Till. >oirni AMr.iii'a> uevilw. (c'lNTiNt r.n ) Mr. F;mix iin ivcs ;ii Iloslnn, wliich lie mils the ‘ Ln-aiid emporium of Vniikcf land.’ IIow accunito and tnic liis ob- torvalions aic, will a])jnar iVoin a re- iTiark, in the juvirnal of the first day. “ As Sniiilay here v.tnishes with daylight, I wnit in the i vrniiif; to the townhall, to Caucus, a jriand political mectinij of thousands of the ^^obocracy met to delib» rate upon the choice Cif stale j^overnor, £c. The orators on the pn s- » nt ocrasion, bein}( ])nneipally Well educated federalists, seemed some of them elocjueiit and iii^^enious abusers of the tleniocrat>, ir/to (luixrilif nturted on their o/ipu/iinlx. Thus I found two ttrong parties, kc. This, in an af'couni given from dis tant recollrction, mijiiht pass for a par- tionahlo sljj) of tlic memory. But in a jourind, written like this, from day to flay, it is downw; Iiijht falsehood. The Quaitelly Ueviewer, who on another orcasion boasts his accurate knowlcia;( f)f American customs, copies this ridicii ions error as to Caucus, liut Fau\'s circui^istantial falsehood does not stop here, 'riie owner of the Ilamiiton uiisliikinj; liim for a icentleman, took him liome to diimer. which nives our travel- Jer an oj)portui:ity of relatinc; w’luit was said at th(? table, (-a idently the lii'st with a white clolli ii[)ou il, at whicii he ever i^at down. Amonu; (lio obs('r\;i1ion«i, whicli heascrii)es lo his host, \vhoir h calls, ‘a v(‘ry sti-ons^ fcdei’alisf,’ is this ‘ the caucu'-, which you attend(‘d on Sundav niirlu, enihnlic' tin' rc.^pcctahto •part of the ci'izrji.f, fedcri’li.st.'i and demovrdl^.’’ 'riiis is rejircsctitinji: men iiiul lhin.2;s as tln-y are in Americ.i! 'Phe true ch:;ra(icr of this ii;enileman l)eu;ins lo ajipear as iu* ka^'cs Boston. ‘ 1 also called on.’ sav'j ho, ‘and i)id a nn.nl f'.rewell to n>y tri^ml .Mr. [a friend to vhoni he broun'i't no Kttcis, and with v lioin he liad MO ac(iuaii)tance, luit tiiat fornu-d by an in troduction mi tlK l Aciian.Te.''who\ci-\ kindly j)Ut ir'o mv iian(’ .:iii i'.trodiuiory K Iter to his l^ankers and a;c'-iiU;t ( iKtrlc-.ton, w ilii a liberal pur-e 0! don.ir.-:, uliieii lie thou.;ht I should iiee.'l liefovr I «'oull arrive at niv destination in r w as to ifo b\ 'vali r. 1 7'///' jiursr /'v/.v i/iisn- i’n'Ufd. and re' vi\ed irii/iniif iitsuiuii tifny'-ili/ on Tiiv pii’t. atul \>ithiiut ^>;i'i''-,'T him any cu)it_\ 1 took it juiiuipai!) t'oi.- lUe -^^ake of tin- >in;;Milai coidnkiic ■ ai'd li!)ir;di'y shown in tjir cireiuii st.iuce, and fur tin- s.r.n i'l h- re Vrr(ir(i« it. “'l ;iki , Sir,"'.‘• ti'1 lie. “more nionry.'* “() ihis is nior> tl.un i niMU'li.” rrjjrn.d 1. “ Ml € iKMi|^li ' 'I'ak' .‘’uiV’ , ' ’ \\ (. si,nil now accdiiinany ournu'Iiot (Ml the wa\‘ to ( li.ii l. s!dm, and cxtracl ^ ;rTi as sh«i\v iris (|ii;.litic:ition ;is '.'I 1 i :i veli'‘:‘. I Im'i\jc.iled us hf w.is will) t!'.f itli-.iii*.ii’X iic rccfivi'd in Hos • ot . Jiuich so 1t !u’ b('Ui'’'s (HU.‘ da\ s .n;r pii rx '! wi it)i |;n!. ‘ ''icf.'invd and v i \ ai'd (\ i r\ hi(,l_\ in"'.*—‘S'Vifci iiiij i!::; l.o tiiid iinu Hum- ri'-'I'M’.'—Ml' y>' has tl.f prcpi f ^ull' i:iipu ■' y, * {, !" !1U UM ;'si:;d ill': 'X lur ''■ ’.•le d' iIm- |»(‘(ipl- ol i'i. voiuiti'\’, on 'Z 'iMii' t > ' tiai i''ston, h tfi’. ir ( j/■'. !'■ uiid St.'! ilu.-ni I'l'i- iiii^ a penny if irou I .'.//rf. , ’ /,'i V"/' 'Iv'Uh la\ ( s. h\ wav of tiii n (!'•. ;;s I'lC',' .".'X', in >kin;j.' 1 Ic ;u ’ is • d 'liarh'sloii abuul I'lC tinu: wl.eii .^h•. M oniof' w;» expf'i ted liieif. ea In- li'iiv t!irou;:'h l!u Si)nt!i''rn Slat I'aiix ‘w.ukf f-cveial milt s iin a dii'ly. s-.ndy road, untl'T a srui'riiiii'j: ''I'l, -ii cXlt'-' ui’.lon fii' sci iP'j; or r. i !iiii; h''> 1‘xiell'Miey, Fi'i 'idi'ii! >1 llM’ I l)P‘ (1 v\h(> [his iTioi'iiinu' made !,is ;iii-y mlo llKM'it\. lit' jCssi'd htj i.te 1/1 the It! Ill u it iKins I rnii'il (jiiilr n uohsi-rt'i'd. I'h'* I'cal oijjf'Ct ol .\1,'. Faux ni Aiiu-r- ica, as ii!.s't\ed, \^.^^to Imi’iI up an inhei ii.'H'(! iVom h;s nii'lcrual nn- f.'j On thi- '• h'; ;:is V'. u^- ir.s in the ;r.ior:or of the state, and finds of them In an establishment eonsist- ii.::: roimi, t!ie only one, JVlr. Kri'ix informs us, in tlu^ hou.so. His liis (dlu'i- cousin. Major a nei_2:h- bor ot this staK ly mansion, ‘was not at home, but his w iiV, a youn^; fhou2;hlful woman, with two babes, received me kin'll}', and in a patriarchial style found food for me and my guides, and proven der f(/r our beasts. | Knougi) to make iny woman thou'rhtful.] 'J'/.c house has on!u three ioonis: nor tn)/ wiu- d(iir> of I'lasf:.'* On his journey from the re'ideiice of these well provided cousins, Mr. Faux was ‘overtaken in the forest by a tremendous sturin of wind, hail, rain, thunder, and lii^’htninp;. llu}2;e trees fell around us. hoii.sc.s U'crv Kuruofed; and we v*erc exposcil to all its fun’ in our chai?e uniler a 1n*(‘. 'I'lie air seemed full of thundeibolts, inso- imu-h that I fancied myself shot 1iiroun;h uid through.’ 'I'his unrooting must have been a serious thint; indeed toIMr. Faux’s cousins, whose Jiouses had nei ther of them a second stury, and one ol tiu.ni but a sint^le ro»»m. Next to (h)wn- rij^ht (‘Xjiosure in the op(Mi air, we should count the unroofinj; of a house consislinu; of one room. Jiid'ore accomjianyins; our traveller from Caiolina, wo sliall notice a few ot the .*ases in which he has sinned aii'ainst truth, prol)ability, and decency, in his iccount of what he saw in that ttate. We bef^in with the "ravest article, rela tive to thi' murtler of a slave, of which the Quarterly reviewer has (juoted the essentials, and achled to them a ialse as sertion made in his own person. We (piote the abstract ^iveu of this af.air in the Quaj*tei I V, as beina; more concise than that of Faux himself. ‘ Mr. Faux ii.ad the misfortune to be present at the digi^-in^''up of tlie body of a slave, who hud been wantonly whipped to death, and buri ed privately, by the hands of his niuster. in dignant at such an atrocious deed, aiul deter mined to expose it, he procured all the particu lars of the horrid transaction, w hich he publish ed in a Letter, signed with his name, in the Charleston Courier. The same day he recievcd I r.iessape from the Governor, desiring him to wait on the Attorney Lienvral, to make an aili- davit of the facts he had stated. He according- inply waited on Mr. Attorney lieneral, who, after a short lecture on the imprudent step he iind taken, as “ staining the character of houtli Cai'oliiu,” asked him if he could give personal evuicnee P Having rephedin the negali\e, the visit ended by the Attorney lieneral promising to get Kelly (the perpetrator of the munter) i dieted;—but the Lamed j'tiitleiinin Itua not ijU redeemed his jiroinine.—p- o44, 315. we intend on this occasion to how to the dullest observer, not the want of principle ol ihi se wrelcln;d va gabonds who intest our country, but the disint;’euuousncss and iraud ol the Ue- viewer who c[uotes them. i’he simple facts of the case were these. A slave was barbarously whi])j)ed to death by one Kelly, near Canuien, and, to con ceal the crime, iva.s ficcrctt/y tmried. It became, howevei-, known in the nei;h- borhood, a jury of iiupiest was summon ed, and the body dug uji, to ascertain the cause of the death, 'i'he sai^acious iMr. Faux, beinp; on his travels in this ([uartcr, passed at the moment that the body was disinterred ; savv^ it, heard the remarks likely to b«! made with such an object in si”ht ; and, without waitin^ for the result of the nujuest, continued his juurne\'to Charleston. Arrived there, lie innnediately puiili.hed a letter in the (’ourier, signed by his name, in his own style of Somersetshire eloiuenc.e, and relatiu”; as facts all that he had heard in ridin;’; by thes]>ot where the occurrence took place, afcomj>anied with various phra.scs, scandalously unjust in their liii- putation on the humanity of the Cai-o- liiiians. ^Ve make the following.’; ex tracts irom the letter, oinittinc^ a few lines too paiiilul to bg (juoted. ‘ >ir, On niy w ay to this city, Iroui a short tour lliro'igh the interior ot llu-statr, a It \v d.iy; ago, twi nU i.iile., w I •of Coluiribi:!, J was suddenly attiacli d lo a spot ofeav'li, ovf rw lii li a n s- jjeci.ible lonipany f't citi/eiis wire dr. ply in ti lit on wiiiu ssing the xiiuination of tin.- l)ofl_\ of an auiuiil, rc.^iing 1 ''Ki .lo'lai's ; bii* wtiieii Its I'linu'.iu- ow IK r, vone Ki. ily.) and t'lr- •• otln r pi r.-oiii t'kf nmu’.ed, si i/A il and tied to a ti\;e .it midii and each in tnrn wantonly whippeil ill Minri^i, wlieo from i \ci ssive lashing It ' \p:ivd, and w a.s iii-'taiilly buritdin a pii\ate conn r Ull ^lln iay tin .'od ul'. liut. ou iiu|iii’y, till-.sail 'U'.iv.ial pro\ ed to bf a negro, and by soir.i w;i , I'.inui.iil to lie of till' iiiiinan .-.peciLs ; and :f.o ,)(l “ "-11 lU' (if lu;viiig ;i skin not i (iloi cd ll'uij i.i;'.' ov, n an olb net. tor ulncli iIk .-c a;bi- U r'. ol life and (katll dociln.d it Iu dii .— ‘ *.ijod (!ud. eM. laiiued I, w h i\ aiu I ' on the rart!i, w tliou b:iMt cfi atrd, aiul did oiict [.'ronoiiiK i- hU •"^1 (I, or in ilu' I’l niienioiinnii ot t!u- liealli''I = [liiuiy, In aIIu ii. j IIi imd I km u il euiiid i!oi 1k', tor a enu I ia:.k mast iiad iii'-t ci( .'.srd iiiv patii. ■ Isl', tjii n, I eontinii- I (i. tiro Al l. riea ' Anas\|inii tor t!u opprcssid III I ilistri ss! (I of all (>tli> r land; ■; ihc l.iiidofiny ai'.ui'i u W .is'iiii>toii ; tin- adonli 'l rountry vi :iiV I,'. .ii ^Viiiiils; tin- oil!',’ eoun'r) on the ling'. eiUMil i-.iitli I pciitcl w III i-f libtrrty tiiuls ,1,1 K', (;!• ri st t'.r t!ir i-k I’f his j) iini d foot; ;"i i til. co'inti'y To >. liii il I came with ( vi ry fiiiii! j;r.v iu.lici am! pri.''nl' tion ! What' lixi. ,i!id ■ t o^ii r up l.uman''ai vilici: ! Monstrou'i atio.hul'. ' !'■: t]\ ilu si' nasty lintthrough the ' ( tIi!, ;iiii| ch illi i gi- H'i lul (I bnmanitv to pvo- I I;'' a sjici *;ii i' ') if-i luiim I',' 111 llish i,r so [)i:rr- i\ li' i;ia:.iai al ' I (li;, irir, did e\ i ■’ a .■«;.bi;;ith sun i',.wi|o!i a (Hlastidphf so aiilio'1 t-nt to \oiir f i-l n;;--. as thi,>-rt.' ot, ^?ir, ^our nio.st sbt dietit ;iiit w. j \r V c shoi-ttct t'jppoiCj that a uiuuircr of liiinkini; ai.tl pxprr‘-‘«ing on.' *s I’lonjl.tv, so ((tnt(‘inplii)le as this, miiiht ha\f pro tected Irom farther notico, \\hat, in any decent man, wouid have been a crimi nal interference with the coin'se ol pub lic justice. 1 ia'l some rovstering younj; midshipman taken the thing u]), and called Mr. Faux somewhat rudel\' toac- count, it wouhl have been (piite natural; and if one of those inilu'tri(Mis gentle men, J in(t(‘.r, or /V/vw, or Corrector, had stepj)cd I’orth in the next day’s (’ourier, with a half column of the same kind of elotjuence, the business would have been in a fiir and jnofjer train. An atrocious murder of a slave Was said to have been committed ; the very time and circumstances of the crime w'ere creilitable to th(> state of jiublic feeling in Carolina, as far as anything, in such a connexion, could be creditable. It was committed at midnight, and the slave sccretlij buried, that it might be concealed. And it is on this score that Faux accuses not one obscure and cruel individual, but the whole country of America, of ollering up human sacrilices. Again, Faux’s sole knowledge of the crinu! wjs derived from being |>resent at the examination of the facts of the darij of Iii(/in:sl. In what mode wouhl this wise traveller, or his patron in the Quarterly Ueview, have a murder, or any othi r crime pursued? The slave was killed on the ii.^il at night, and was secrct!// buried, and on lhe2fUh the jury had diseover(‘d the spot, and directci! the tlisinterment of the body in order to collect evidence of tlie crime. The en- lightenefl eiiitor of the Quarterly intiy tell us, when he next writes on Ameii'- ca, whelher he would have the reputed murderer hung without any process, or tried for murder without ascertaining that there had been a murder, or finally, what should have been done ? Fi'ux waited not, even to ascertain tlie ver dict of the jury, but on his arrival at Charleston published the silly letter above (juoted. Unfortunately liis rpiality of stranger, his London clothes, which he mentions, and the southern hosjiitality, led to the mistake that he was a gentleman, and entitled to the notice of a man ol' prin ciple. Natui’ally supposing that t!;ere must be soiiietliingextraordinary iu the circumstances of the case, to lead a for eigner to such an extraonlinary nianile:^- to, lh‘ (lovernor directed the Attorney (leneral to institute an liKjuiiyS On this inquiry it appeared, as we have al ready stateil, that Faux knew nuUiing of what he had jiublislictl with his name, except as he hail transiently heuril it iVoni those collected about the jury of iiKjuest, whose verdict he did not stay to hear, 'riius I’ar we have merely laid open a scene of impertinence. What now follows will ijrobably bethoiighl by our readers, something worse than im pertinent ; though the burden of the of fence fdlsnot on the shoulders ol’ Faux, but of his Reviewer, who had been so indiscreet as to assert, in his own per son, what Faux does not say ; what the lieviewer could not know to be ti’ue ; and.nhat is actually false. Faux, at the close of his tale, represents the Attor- wi-ite to the district attorney and get Kelly indicted,' and acUls, ‘there is no evidence that the learned gentieman re- tleemed liis ])r(unise here given.’ And pray what evidence would Mr. Faux require that the Attorney (ieneral did thus write? However, this is of no conse(pieiice. Our reiul(\-s shall now hear the Quarterly l\e\ ie\' er, who does not quote Faux, but rond .Mises his nar rative, in his own person. ‘'The visit e!,d.;d,’ says the' Kf viewi r, ‘by the At torney’ deiicial jironiisinu; to get Kel!\ (the perpetiMtoi' of the nn.rdt r indicteil: t)iit the ledrnrii I'l'uth HK!n Inis )xd re- dermed his proinise.' 'I'he reaiier w iil observe, that \\'hether the .Nuonir'v Oenerid had or bad n t redeeiiu d his promise, w:iv w hidly unknown to Faux, who had therefore, the |)rudi nce to siy, 'there is iio^'vultnice o'‘tlia:. f.ict that i^, Mr. i'aux on his ihnighill al Soniers- hani, hath recei\ed no proof that the Attorniy (leneral of Soulh Carolina wrote to ihe sidieitor to procure Kellv to be indicted. 'I'liis no doul)t was l: iie, and w;is also prudent. Hu! thi' did not satisfy I he Ueview er. w ho asserts wiiat is neither j)rudeiit nor true, that ‘the learned gentleman has n,)| y^'t redeem ed his promise.’ For it ‘o hajipt iis, that 1 he Attoi-iiey Ccneral did t>.rthv\ iih write toth(' solirito'-, (foi'tJie crime w;.s not committc tl in 1 s ov. ii (iistri( t,) to uri^e the iiulictmei r of Kelly, and tha.t lu‘and those conee.’ned \v':!!) him in the mu’‘der were indicted, convit ted, arid punished. And now \vhat will lIu- i^iiartei'iy Kex iewer sa\-? He aver^. [not quoting Fav/:, who doe> ntd >o state,) that tl'.e AttX'] c.ey Cic ;ur,il iid not use liis inlhmr.ci' lo pro'-iire ihe in dicting of the iii!irile-'er. \’*rT ^ay he diri ; t.hat hi; cei , nui’icnted I'au\‘s tes- •i'l.o; V, ilTTTiih I'- ?-ethiliC:, to ll.e ^oli -itnr of (hat di drict ; nivl he to the attornev of the circuit ; and that the olfender, were all brought to justice. Our readers will call 1t» mind one par allel case. 'I'he journeyman stocking weave r, Fearon, in liis tra^■els, gave an iccount of a vessel employed in trans porting German redenij)tioners to this countrv, which he averred to Ik; an American ship, and her captain an Anier- ieaii, with circumstances of great par- ticiilaritv. 'I'he Quartely Review, for M;ty, IvSlD, in an article i>robably from the same pen to which the world is iiulcbied for that on Faiix, quotes this passage from Fearon, and adds from hi^^oivn duthnrity, ‘the infamoustralfic is confined exelusn ely to American ves sels.’ And yet, not‘only was the ship in question a vessel troni Sunderland in Kngland, navigatedon Knglish account, and her crew, and her captain, W illiani (larterell by name, Hritish ; but tin; niajoritv of all the vessels employed in this business in ISKi and 1S17 was tor- eign, and of these loreign shijis, ^ten in number,) live were British, in Hi'itisb emjdoyment. But the Quarterly Re viewer could assert, on his own authori ty, and for the jiurpose of vilifying A- n'lerica, t!iat ‘ this infamous traliic is ex clusively in American hands.’ But to ri'vert lo the-lo]»ie ofAmu'i- caii slavery, on which the Quarterly Re viewer is not yet silenced. He tells us, ‘'I'hough many of the* planters treat their slaves well, and tillow them as much indnlgt iice as is consistent with tlieir situation, }it negroes being, \n (he tt/e of the .iiinrkiii law, a !egr.uled class, and denieil the enjoyment of eipial rights, their well be;iig is entirely dt pentlent on the personal cliaracier of their ow tu r; and ho w ever humane their tivatment may be, we cannot a- grce u ilh I'ariiier l'.,iux in 1)W conclusion, w hich, after the territik stones of n;ore tlian brutal criii.Ity, which he had laid !)i fore us, wo shouUl rather have vxpcctetl from .Mr. Tell Han is, or Miss r.ght, tiiat their condition in «»;/. much less intmii i\ spects, “ is iniieh bettir than many of the paapers in his native land.” ’ p.ol.J. The iieviewer, after atUiing a few- more lines in tins strain, extracts Faux's monstrous fabrication about training large dogs to hunt negroes. In other jiarts of iiis Review, he (]uot»;s other tales and calumnies relative to the ex istence i f slavery in America. We ac- cortl.ingly rejieat what we stated in a former number, and what we shall re iterate, whenever we have occasion to notice the ealunuiies of the Knglish ul tra press on this subject. First, that slavery in America is a British institu tion, estiibiished by British laws, and for the benetit of Jiritish tr;.di.r.s. Se condly, that the American colonists ear ly made attenijits to jjrevent the fartlier introduction of slaves, wliich aliemjyts were resisted and defeated by the Kng lish ministers at the instigation of J Eng lish traders. So well known wa> thi«, that Mr. Burke, in his sjieech on the conciliation of America, riM’ognis'/s ‘her refusal to deal any more in the inhuman traliic of the negio slaves, as one ot the causes of her quarrel with Kngiand.’ 'I'hirdh', a generation before the slave trade was abolished by the British jiar- liament, it was abolished by iseveral of the American stales, and i igiiteen years before its abolition by (ireat Britain, the provision was made for its abolilion ihroughout America in the year In addition to these tacts, we may aiKI, that Air.erica has set to Kn'jrinnd the ex- con(!itic,n tlu- sl.ive i:i relii-.i, in t’te AVci Inilu ,s he is sul>jeet( d to an extremity of mlsci-,. an 1 dv-gradation a tiiotisand lold more trightfr;; 'I'his is >;ut out of;;]! doubt by t!i' testimony Mr. ('oojicr, who was s« iit out three years ly Mr. Ilibbert, an tinimnt :dantir, wltli ^ \ iew' to iiupiire into, aiul if ]io.>sible amelior.i*. ^ t!ie condition ol' the sla\ e;, on the estate f i!.„ gentlen an. I'rom this fact ahdic, it js cvidei.', th.it Mr. Hibbi rt is a man generous and In.m.ii;.’. in no oi'd-’nary tkgrt e ; it may theivfeic be prv,. sumed tliattlie tr« atuient experienced !)y si:tvn on his e.state alibrtls at least a f;.ir s])eeinK n ( f their comlition throughout tlic "W est IihUl-. Vet, what is the statement ’ ‘ During the sugar harvest, which lasts for a. bout live months, ti If niamifa( iureol sugar is con. tinned without iritenr.issi('n cither day or ni;.-ht except for :'.bout eighteen houis I'rcin mithii_i;-lit on Satur lay to Sunday evt ning. The slaves are for tlu; most part dividctl into two ga!ii>-v which, besides being t'uliy occupied in the l;i! hors of the plantation during tlie day, are tn. gaged t!;e wiiole 'of the night on alUTiiate nights. In the exaction of this labor no ditl'er- ence is u'adc betv. t.en men and women. ‘"I'he men enipltiyed in carrying the canes I from the lli hi to the mill have no regular tim,; to rest, exce])t half an hour 1‘or breaklast, aiul two lunir,’ inu i\al in the multlle of the duv but it seltloni h.q>j>ens that thej- get u whole nigiit’s r. st at (.uie time. 'I'he w hole of Su;i. day they are obiig. d to employ in the cuitiva. tion of thiii’ pro\ision pTouiul, iti bringunr thence the food refjuisite for their susten.mce lurlngt!ie week, ;l:k! in keeping inarkct. Tliu punishment of the whip is inflicted on all oc- e.i.s.ons at tlie ilitcrctioii of the driver or o\t.r. .set'.’. 'I'he law which limits the number o|' strokes to thirty nine is pi Hectly d'sriyari!i.i!, aiul t!ie wictclud victims are friglitruliy te.an- glctl and excuriatetl by every execution. \\ Iu r, t!ie lacerations ni'oihieed by one Hogging ;u,- suHicietitly healed, a si cond is I'ri (I'u iitly in. flicti-d ; and u hile the sores are iinlieak d, nia". gots often breed ill the l;-.cerati.tl ilesh. Tin t iinniber.s, as teiglu l)e t xpielcd, anmiaUy tU. cri ase ; anil sii c’dt, by dirt t ating aiul otlu r- wise, is not unfn ipu ntly resorttd tu as the on ly escape from misery ; or, (as the pervcrti il intelh els of >\'cst liulian w ntirs will li;i\e it.) out (.f an lll-disj)usition to their masters! pn. 113, 111. Well docs this candid writer procecd to remark, ‘ After this, and a thousand coiToboratinj statements, how cbildislil_\ absurd is th-.' toiu-ot tniimphant riproach with which llritish wi’itciv, j-1 A\'lngaswell as'I'm-y, assail the American ri'. public for peniiitting tlie e\istt nce of sluverv, as if no such cmI t \istcd in the Hritlsh doiiii. nions, or as if the inlluence of property or the prijiuliees of education Wife to iu; o\ erct.mc !:i an iiistunt by the brt atti of the republican It- gislaiorl’ p. 114. (ro UK co.\Ti?(ri.n.) ^lOUVL. ample of the onh'ellectual measure of destroying this traliic, that of ileclaring it to be ])ir;icy ; am!, tiiially, that the anielioration of the. eoiulition of tlie iiritish shives in th.i^ West jndiis is ow ing to the example of Aerth Amt.rican niiisiers. On ihis I'ioiiit we :u'e luckily alile to quote an unsuspicious aiitlioi it\’, th(/t oj till' (^uarterijl Itrricir. In the •'.'ei)' s.line iiuinher, wliicli contains tiiis man ly attack on America, is an article V'-ry :u)\y wrillen. of which tin; real object is to \iiidicaie the ptdicy id holiii'ng ''hr. i s^and to dispaiage tliat of ti)e abo- lilioiii.'ls and eniiincipalors. In ihi.'ai - ! icle Nve. ri'ad as follows: ‘If was about half a centnrv a^-o, (says the (■onimiitre of Assembly in .lamaiea, in tliei;' report ol l.'-l 'i,) tl'.at tii.j treatm( iit of our ne groes began to receive a vi-ible ameli- oi'ation ; t!u; inij;ort of lasv r; cruiis wa^ checked by the w;.r, and on tiie sep;;;';',- lion (d'llu; American (Milonies IVoni liu.- moilic r country, a nuiwL'i r ot'sulariiig loNali'-ts removed to tuir su''-ir islanil, -f a n:o! e in- in CONSOI.ATION. i The life of man on eai'tli is doomed to f be cloiuled with various evils. 'I'hro'- ouiall laiiks the alHicted forma consii!- erable proportion of the'human racc: and e\en they wlio have a title to k called prosperous, are in some jierioilj of their life, obliged to d/ink from ll.i' cup of bitterness. 'I'he Christian reli gion is particularly entitled to our n- g:irc',by accoinmodating itself with grcD' tenderiH'ss to the ili'lrt'^sed conditioiu; mankind. It is not to be considen.l iiierely as an authoritative system i' jirecejjts. ’riiC same N oiv'e which( njoii.3 our duty, utters the words of consol’- tion and relief lo maiikind, under llu.r tempora.l and sj»irit:ial tii.-,tresses. JM'lHr.l l I V. A s(‘ivant, who had made tlie iiv.- provtnnenl that miu;!il hi'expecti'd from hearlngtiie irnli-ious and hlasphenioU) conversation continually passing at the table wliei'e it w.is his place to wait,^ look an oppi)i-tuni;y to rob his master.' . Heing ;ipprehem!ed, and ui^'ed to givit a reason for tliis infamous beha\'ion , “Sir," said he, “1 In.ard you so olic:i talk ol the im|'issibdity of a fulurt. sla’i. and that after de:iih then.' w as no ixwai I fiir virtue, nor punidiment for vice, tl t I was 1( in|.'tel to eomniit l!ie robherw ’ “ \\ ell, bi.it,” replied the ina-ter, “iKi! you no fear of thafdeatii wh.ich tii' laws of }-onr country inP.ict upon th/- crime !’’ “Sir,'’ rejoined tlie servai:!) Ifioking sternly at his master, “what** tl'iat to n'ou, if 1 had a mind to venta."i: that? You ha'\'e reuK>Vt’d my great*'' terror ; Vihy slunihl 1 fe.ir ihe h .ist .' ’ />i.Jt >jj JL>rne. hi iiigiiig with them ne;;-ro teiligeiit characler, iiia'i t!io-.e in tl . \\\st Indies. A iiiilde!'system o'’ treat ment was thu'-gradu.-illy introiluced,’ ’I’liis is the (^Ui-rlerly lii view ; now h.t IIS hear llie \\ ; stii!in''l^-r liev i.-w, a j iour!c.l, it is trui's —iT-.n .,:ii j’..:.:. i.' i e-L ot mu CiJi'ihiK :.d.- ' ClI’lhl.iiiie. ]’a;:xV i i.lii'idoiis a.uti imi'e!- tiiu III bi.ln\ ii.r in ‘.lie e i'o ol' tic* di n slave uiui' !t •'Tin- |ji.r;l');'. . (ii the'r-r’ftis'\ don'iii’nv,', ;!> 1, VI ; Many who ])reiend lo wisdom an: >!.ii('y ( very tiling h''' will u f Him pnilosopiiy w theoh-y. but I'lOVjr thii Xewion and t!.c orbs whos«. (■'Ml, and wlui-e n ol very opjiosi'e c':;i-j nlaim-d. \ el Xt'w Lon himse lf rae!( P7~tT:.n siiil ;i F'rii isli jniirii i! whit It I; lates a , ^ I > ■ 1 ’ \ t r ! iiCest Newton ; |; w!;o niadi! both | se path !)'’ C ioi'S he eS' | ;riiegrc3:'f it nv);:e i;no:v'- I •n .:u. i in 'oh unliiv>J utimctc succe.vso’ -t ;?• tci’otliM' witii phih's'-''p. )liv, aiwl while he made a revelation wlilt ll sl.l I ry IS «it‘ a a i'reiri ; ■ 0|>Mi 'Il 1 I s i;uni - . 1' ■ ■ ill !ii( mat'.'r ot' ic.d'tli ■'i.'i el'sivii- 1.-I the '.ti-.i li;.|)',i!' M:' (.run 1.. v ar>' Mill l:/.naiea '.il;.’ n::(ure, loved, ri vered, and faithitd'-y j| believed, l!'ir> revelation of irrace. are I'lUuMv iiiisei ab''; i !ous pei)| •ud wi*'. ut'. •r; [);-'jspenty,
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