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<^ l ^\ g # ^<] L ^\ v $ jaogiiags of Scri {^ ure ou the subject . Thus $ bi $ frp » e $ i& Q uaker , Mfy M ) m iSrjpp com , in bis interview vyith that distinguished nobleman , the Marquis de
la Fayette , at Paris , tells us , that *' iu expressing his attachment to the United States , the Marquis took occasion very early to deplore the existence and effects of slavery amongst
us . * When / said he * * I a / n indulging in i ^ y views of American pro 5-pects aad in forojir of American 1 Lber | t \ r , it is mortifying to me to be
told that ia tjiat very country a large proportion of the people are slaves . It is a dark spot m the face of the jjatktfj , and th $ % im& niu&t copae whpn the effect will be serious . Such
a state of things cannot always exist / We \ yished earnestly to see some measures adopted which would gradually lessen this loatj ^ ad fi ^ aUy reaaoye the evil , Th& Blanks * he thought , P ** ght to be instructed . That they are a ^ solqtte ly necessary iii the cultivation of tke Southern
States , . oip that Whitse men cannot endure the climate as labourers , he dae § » ot believe ; for tjie army in Virginia , \ ybile he was with it , performed the iwost fatiguing marches ia hot weather without much prec ^ utiQa , aud with no great inconvenience , He thinks it meritorious in France that she has abolished the
trade in slaves . ' And what an honour / the Marquis % vas pleased to $ < xy , * is it to your Society to have begun this good work , to have borue the cross of it so long , and finally to see it crowned with success La the governments of Europe ) 9 "
With these ewdigiiteja # d views of the Marquis de la F ^ y « tte , respecting the abolition of slavery , tlj $ inhabitants of tke United States must be well acquainted . 1 % is to be hoped that his sentiments on so important a subject will weigh powerfully upon their
minds . The flattering welcome recently giv e ** to tbfl illustrious companion of Washington in the perilous stages of the revolutionary war , by qII classes of people , does them immortal honour . At Philadelphia in particulqj * , tfr # gr ? M * d civie ^ rch erected opposite th ^ ttali of Ipdependencc , ijittd beneath which the Gallic * hero passcul duriog hi 3 triumphant proccbsion into that city of bratherly love ,
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qtfmt ? * b ^ feffV ^ t ^ r ^^ f 4 itil 4 ae . la- agpj ^ pi ^ at ^ ^ ni fil ^^ . - ^ QoitiMrjMiBm w ^ re tti e ^ ati * e 3 o | UbeKtj ^ < ¥ fotoiy , Independence , » nd Plea ty * whilst the municipal aims were eirco in passed by fuiUlength representations jof Justice and Wisdom , the prime attributes of good government * AH tlm is happily
conceived , arid , judging from a plate in my possession it wa ^ as felicitously executed * But the republican vici tors must have forgotten , amidst the obstreperous exultations of the daft , that neither justice nor wisdom sanctions the existence of slavery amongst them , at onee the baae and disgrace of their country .
To conclude , Mr . Editor—ia d& claring my anxiety to do justice to the character of the American people , I feel no hesitation to reiterate the expressions of my abhorrence of every species of slavery subsisting among them , already fully disclosed
i £ i a former number of your Miscellany , and with which several of your readers appear to have been gratified . Slavery , indeed , is < a gangrene , eating out , with a cancerous virulence , the vitals of the republic , it is the only
impediment that can retard the progress that the vast continent of America is making towards a super-eminent distinction amongst the nations of the earth . It shall , it will , it must come to an end—^^ ^^ ¦ ! ¦ ' ^^ » " ** ^ f-r ^^ m - ^* w ww
^ " For , see to other climes the Genius soars , He turns from Europe ' s desolated shores ; And , lo ! even now , ' midst mountains
wrapt in storm , O'er Andes' heights he shrouds bis awful form : On Chirnbarazo ' s summits treads sub * lime , Measuring , in lofty thought , the m » ch
oi time . Sudden he calls , « ^ fis now the hour , ' he cries , Spreads his broad hand and bids the nations rise ! La Plata hears amidst her torrents
roar , Potosi hears It as she digs her ore ; Ardent the Genius fans the tioble strife And pours through feeble souls a higher life ; Shouts to the mingled tribes from sea to
sea , And awcars —' Thy world , Columbia , shall he ii-cc ! '" 1 UhdM'U > -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 520, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/12/
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