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Colonization S ^ ieiyTor the purgope o £ ^^ inquiring , iftt ^ the japtW 1 state rfme colony .. This appears , From the extracts gfvejrj ^ t ^ jb ^ e confi rmatory of , Mr . Jones ' s ,., though i % may possibly onl y ^| er-la the di ^ culties almost i > eces 8 aril / attending a new colony . , , ^ mjf the contradiction of one statement to another is apparent , an 4 cannot but inspire distrust . '
Among the few instances of any approach to illiberal te ^ lii ^ g , we observe with regret that Mr . Abdy hints at the pos ^ ibiUW that members of Congress are induced to make long speeches , for tf ^ s ake of their . eight dollars a day . The ungenerous irapu .-v tation Is nullified a few lines after by the admission that the j * p r
muneration for their services is below the ordinary profits , qC * commercial and professional business , which are of course inter-r rupted durin g their , continuance ; it therefore ^ shoujd n $ t h ^ tve . been made . The question of paid legislators fa fin important ope , and should not be tampered with . ...-,, . ; , « ..
A variety of interesting matter , for whicH the book itself mu ^ t be referred to ,, mu $ t remain unnoticed for want of room . f .,
Caawe t > etter conclude this notice of a work which so . wari ^ ly advocates the cause of the Africaja , than by giving the fe ^ ings an African has expressed on the attempt to degrade his coiuv * . trymen ? € name of a person , having been mentioned in the presence
of Naimbanna , ( a young African chieftain , ) who was understood by him to hp . ve publicly asserted something very degrading tp the general character of Africans , he broke out into violent apA vindictive language . He was immediately reminded of the Christian duty of forgiving his enemies , upon which he answered nearly in the following words ; " If a man should rob me of my money ,. I can forgive * him ; if a man should shoot at me or try to &tyb me , I can forgive him ; if a man should sell me and all my far .
mily to a slave ship , so that we should pass all the rest of $ ur days in slavery in the West Indies , I can forgive him ; but ( adde ^ < he , rising from his seat with much emotion ) if a man take ^ taway the character of the people of my country , I never can forgive him . ' Being asked why He would not extend his fcargivewe ^ $ Q ,
those who took away the character of the people of his coytn £ cy , he answered , " If a inan should try to kill me , or should s # U me , and my family for slaves , he would do . an injury to as nw ) y ^ he could kiil or sell ; but if any one takqs away \ h& chAraof ^ iP ^ > black peopk ^ that man injures black people all av » r theworW ^ , and , when he has once taken' away their character * there is nothing ; . < < which he may not do to black people ever after . That man , lor * instance , will beat black men , and say , O U is only a JAndk
man , whv should not I beat him ? That man v ^ ll make tmfrpu to black people ; for when he has taken away theh * chaWfctWf'he \ vW&Ay , O they are only black people , ivk * thould n ^ ^ mmkk ttomrimMk t That man will-taki « w ^ y Uli the pewt » t 6 Airiwy > '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1835, page 741, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2651/page/49/
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