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of the cre $ 4 whicfy may be preferred . Aftej twentyr § ix years of revolution And thirteen , years possession of hard-earned indepen < te n c ^ nj w , e are not ( says the gazette ) * h $ f same people . Formerly , as brutes , we , bowed under the lash of a cr ^ el and ignorant master—as men we were dead—our faculties all crushed j
but we burst our chains > 3 nd , again $ rect , we look upward toward heaven —as men—as social beings ! A new career is now ) before us—thanks to thee , O God of heaven ! Haytians ! ( says the Chief ) be it ours to shew , by out lives , that blacks , equally with
whites , are the . work of Omnipotence , and the objects qf the kind regard of the Father of all P Mr . Allen ( of the Society of Friends , and Treasurer ) felt under strong depression from the loss of his late coadjutor , Mr . Fox . Beside theuoriginal
debt , there was last year a balance of J& 336 against the Institution . Mr . Allen urged forcibly the . cause he ad * vacated . Even in London , education was more needed than any , . who would not inquire closely , could be persuaded to believe . The object of
the Institution , > was to interest the poor' themselves—not , to receive the high . blessing of education as an alms , but ^ Ijy doing something themselves , tp li # it have more the semblance- of a . purchase . They wanted to \ , ra , tse the > motai character of the , poor . Parent ^ became benefited through the chil- ^ 4 f € Uj ,-and instances are on record w ^ ere the pa r ents h ave teeti admitted tp the schools . at then * Jpwn request , Mrhen they : fcave . sepn th ^ eujgood effects on , the children . . . ,. . i [ IVJr . Adams , Jytinist ^ ef at the British " Qom * frojm the American Stat ; e ^ said , that ^ e appreciated the compliment > paid to tU « country h # had the Jbonour , to r ^ pBC ^ e ^ t , aj ? d wnich fejit t ^ e neces-^ kand i kj ^ e yv the ^ dvahtage ^ q { edu- \ c ^ lfe ^ . ^ dij ^ ation i ^ " kno \ yieage " , ^ nd lt t ^ vi rtue ,. r-x , it . n M ^ rMiW ' ^ ^^^ i ^^ ^ 6 ? p ried in the prospect t ^^ through tbifk Instil , tu ti 9 P * jftbere \ vas a cliauce of mdking 5
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darker shades , since ive learn from Hayti such proofs of intellectual capacity in those whom Our avarice and cruelty had held as inferior to our species . ' ' - The Earl of Darnley noticed that the Institution was one f ? r universal
benevolence . He would remind the assembly that thefr venerable Sovereign wafe its prompt , and first" a : d zealous patron . Thev would remen her the good Monarch ' s wish , — « Tht t he might live to see every poor child in the kingdom able to read his Bible / But had Providence permitted his
continued presence among us , this wish could not have its accomplishment , but from schools not built on the principle of reli g ious exclusion . His K . H . the Prince Kegent was a liberal contributor to this Institution ; and so were their R . Hs . the Dukes of
Sussex and Kent . His Lordship moved the thanks to the Royal Personages * which was seconded by the Rev . Rowland Hill , who thought that education , beAng an universal blessing , should be as universally as possible bestowed . Sir J . Swinburne assured the
meeting that bis Grace of Bedford would Have been present , but that indispensable business had taken him out into a distant county . Rev * Dr . Lindsay said , It was to be regretted that an unity of faith , which
could never be found , ' was sought aftet , to the neglect of the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace , which could be obtained . Rev * Dr . Cpllyer then read the Ladies * Report , which announced progress in various places ; a » d in one ( if we heard righi ) there were 1800 female ehildrei } . Knitting was introduced into the school , but the ladies lamented that the parents , in many instances , " were insensible to the blessincs of education . ^ ? he ^ Russian Ehvoy to Po rtugal ( ChroMghJ the medium * of Dr . ^ chwabe ) declared , thatt His ^ b verei ^ n was , 6 ensible oF $ ie value of . me object of the Br ^ iv ^ f Fprd ^ a Seh $ > l Society , ap £ l w # s readyto giv ^ e it the most i # arm c ° ; Oneratioa . \ ' , ' " r i \ ' •'<• Hfe v ; J . Tdwrisericl v ^ a » Mappy to a 4 voci te so gre / it * and goo'd' a * caufse . H «; ieJQi 4 d tbhear thaf a titig of Mi coutd x ^ J * &ix / an / WtatiUfte ' lesson , ana give s&cfi exchilitit ad mo ^ ™ &mim ^ n' $ kPm ffl&V" *'
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. ^ teUigence' .- ^ ch ^ s ^^ ^ L , . 307
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1816, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2453/page/59/
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