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.~Honr ofan EInpire’s"ove’rthr'ow! _
The Princes from the feast were ‘gone,
The Idol flame was burning low;
’Twas midnight upon -‘Babylon.
That night the feast was wild and high;
That night was Sion’s gold profanecl;
The seal was set on blasphemy;
The last deep cup of wrath was drained.
Mid jewelled roof and silken pail,
Belshazzar on his couch is flung;
A burst oftbunder shook the wall-——'-
He heard——but ’twas no mortal tongue:
‘King of the East, the trumpet calls,
That calls thee to a Iyrant’s grave;
A curse is on the palace walls—-
A curse is on thy guardian wave.
‘ A surge is in Euphrates’ bed,
That never filled his bed betore;
A surge, that, are the mom be red,
Shall load with death its haughty shore.
‘Behold a tide of Persian steel!
A torrent of the Median car ;
Like flame lheir gory banni-.r_s wheel ;
Rise, King, and arm thee for the war 3’
Bclshazzar gzrzctl: the voice was past--
Thelofty chamber filled with gloom 3
But echoed on the sudden blast,
The ‘rushing ofa mighty plume.
He listened——all again was still :,
He heard no chariot’s iron clang-—
He heard the fountain"s gusbint-_; rill,
The breeze that through the roses sang.
He slept: in sleep wild murmurs came;
A vision’d splendor freed the sky ;
He heard Belshazzar’s taunted name;
He heard again the Prophet cry:
‘Sleep. Sultan! ’tis thy final sleep;
Or wake or sleep, the guilty dies,
The wrongs of those who watch and weep,
Aroundvthee and thy nation rise.’
He started "mid the battle’.s yell;
He saw the PCl'5l(lfl$ rushing on :
He <a\v the flames around him swell—-
T.bou"rt ashes; King of l3.rb_tl0|ll
FROM THE CHRISTIAN SP!-‘.(.'TATOIt.
REVIEI!’ of the Reports of the ./z‘nzer‘ic(m
Ct:-L.o.\‘I'1.x'1‘i.m Soon-rrr.
(£'onti'm:.ed.)
“A British prize slave vessel had solicited
and obtained permission to take water from
the Cape. This vessel parted her cable and
was thrown on shore. The spirit ofhostility.
excixetl by a dispute between the captain ant.‘
one oftlu: Kings added to the powerful motive
presented by iltept‘t:$(*t1Ct=. ofa French vessel
waiting her C()llllllt‘.lll(-.‘.I]l ofslaves, induced the
m,r‘m=,§ to attack her, with purpose ofplunder.
Several ofour people engaged in ltertlcfcnize.
In the contest whicb_ ensued, and which they
in vain endeavoured to prevent, two oftbe na-
tives were killed: and on the succeeding day,
a Britislt soldier and one of our colonists.-—
Through the criminal inadvertency of an
English 5-mo.-, who disclmrgetl a cannon ill
the itnntetliate vicinity oftbe store ltottse, this
building took fire: and with it most of the
clothing, [J!".)\’l:!t1llS, and utensils ofthe colo-
ny were dc-s'.royed.”
All was now in confusion. The natives
had received demonstration of the bearing
whicli the colony was to have on the slave
trade. A grand palavcr was assembled, con-.
sisting of seventeen kings, and [hit ty-four ball
kings. One or two of the most powerful or
these were the decitlctl friends of the colony.
and had al'I‘.‘.t’tl tltcir :sttl)jl>.'.(:l$ for war‘, in case
pg-ice cufllfl not be pmcuretl: Dr. Ayrcs ap-
peared before this coxigress, and gave them to
untlcrstnnd that llt: llntl purchased the territory
in question and paid for it, and tltert.-fore lit-
intended to retain it, and that if tlley thought
they were able to expel him they might lll'dl'it'
the attempt, and he would show them \\'llul
figliting was : he would bring ships, and butter
down all the towns oftliose wlzo iippossccl him
from Cape Itlonnt to the Lino. ‘Wliife mak-
ing this speech,’ says he, ‘I narrowly wntclteil
the counteuances of King.» Bristcr and Boson.
[King Boson is the most powerftll friend .of
the colouy.] Bristcr showed ‘evident signs ol
concern, but Boson sho lk his siilcs. very heart-
ily with laughter. By this I found I had
touched the right chord, and did not spare
invectives. The other kings :tppe'.tred unca-
sy and said one to another, Oh, look, white
man getting mad, white getting mad ! Boson
to second the impression I had made, sent
one of his people round to circulate a report
that there were four large ships a little way
to the southward, making into the ltnrbor.’——
‘This tltrcw all into confusion, and it was
with ¢_‘m‘ficult_r we could keep the kings to-
gether until the business was settled.”
Thu difiictilties liaving been adjusted, Dr.
Ayrcs felt himself under the necessity of re-
turning to the U. States, for the sake ofob-
tnining supplies. He accordingly took pus-
sace for this country on the fourth of June,
18321. On the 3th of August the settlement
was reinforced by the arrival of the brig
Strong from Iialtizziore with M r. and Mrs.
Ashmun, and thirty-l'ive colonists, bcsides1'if-
teen re-(‘itj}l'.Il'(‘(l Africans. M r. Ashmun was
sent out as the agent of the Government, but
be had also received a connnission from the
Colonization Society to act in “tire-ir name in
case he should find no agent at the colony.
He accordingly assumed the direction ofthe
establislnnent, laid out the plan of a town,
and began to erect such fortifications as might
secure it against any attack from the natives.
It was soon ascertained that the labor be-
stowed on these fortifications was not in vain.
Many of the kings, as we have seen, were
from the beginning exceedingly afraid that
the influence oftbe colony would be to break
up all trade——bv which they mean the slave
trade—and it is reusonttbis to supposethat
their feelings of suspicion and hostility would
not be allayed by the friendly suggestions and
admonitions oftbe traders. Accordingly M r.
Ashmun and his fellow labor:-rs sc-.em'to have
been continually disturbed by reports of the
bostile designs oftlieirrtcigbbms, and to have
built the walls of their little town somewhat
as Nehemiah and his t'Ol1nll'_Vl'.‘l<il1 bttilrlerl the
walls of J’d|'llSitl8lll ; ‘ every one with one of
his hands wrought in the work, and with the
other held a weapon.’ On the morning of
I\'ovcmbcr 1 lib they were attacked by a body
of 800 natives, who, coming upon them by
gurprise, gained posses:-"ion ofthe settlement,
till aftcr one or two tli.~.t:lr.u'gt-s oftbe eighteen
pounder, they betook tliemselves to flight.-—
fln the second of December they returned]
1 with a. still gceittcr force antountiri’ to about
l,'500,':_tr,itl attacked sioiitltaiicously in two op-
posite quarters, but alicrjrccclving "a few shots
. ‘tram theyterritic Fgi‘_c‘£1'tjgiii_is,' they made a
hasty deptwture. They might perhaps have
}been entirely cut oil‘ by these repeated as-
saults, had it not been for the interference of
g a British schooiicr which providentinlly made
its appearance in this season ofdistrcss. A
cessation of hostilities was effected by the me-
diation of Capt. Laing, the distinguished Af-
: rican traveller who was on bcard,‘and twenty
, marines were landed to guarantee -the observ-
- ance of the truce till the ilifiicultics should be
i finally adjusted. The commander of a Go-
lombian armed vessel presented the colony
, with a fine prize schooner ofsixty tons, which
1 maybe considered as an important addition
. to the establishment.
When it is remember-
ed that in this contest the whole effective force
of the colony was twenty-eight men and boys,
and that the whole loss was only three killed
. and four wounded, we may regard the result
as proving at once the bravery of the settlers
and the con'm’tlice ofthe natives. Intbe tre-
pidation of the assault, doubtless neither Mr.
, Aslnnun nor the colonists would be able to
' the number of assailants; but after making
every allowance for their seeing things dou-
ble on such an occasion, it must be consider-
form a very cool and deliberate estimate of
v.-biclt ga've;tlie_in'birth.
in our penitcntiaries, and ijails,,.and poor hous-
es. 'fltey may be found inhabiting the ebodes
of poverty, andilie haunts or vice. But if
we _look for,tl_rem in the society of the honest
and respectable-"-itfvtve visit the schools in
which it is our boast that the meanest citizen
can enjoy the benefits" of instruction--we
might al,so__a_dil, if we visit the sanctuaries
which are open for all to worship, and to bear
the word of God; we shall not find them
there. The Sondra is not farther separated
from the Bralunin. in regard to all his privi-
leges, civil, intellectual and moral ; than the
negro is from the white man, by thc.prejudi-
ces which result from the difference made be-
tween them by the God of nature. A barrier
more difficult to be surmounted than the in-
stitution ofthe Caste, cuts oil", and while the
present state of society cctinues must always
cutoff, the negro from all that is valuable in
citiaciisltip. In his infancy, he finds himself,
he knows not why,tbe scorn ofbis playmates,
from the first moment that their little fingers
can be pointed at him in derision. In youth,
he has no incentive to prepare for an active
and honorable manhood. No visions of use-
fulness, or respectability, animate his pros-
pects. In matui-er years, he has little motive
to industry, or to any honorable exertion.-—
thc community, and the deep sense of that
’ ed as proved, that one hundred well armed
I freeman, fighting for their liberty, and their
children, and their homes, may defend the
colony against all the hordes that can ever be
mustered by the holy alliance of Africa. And
here we cannot but remark that this affair il-
lustrates very strikingly the difference between
the wild men of that continent, and the wild
men of America. A If that establishment had
been attacked, by 800, or 500, or 200 Indians
—we should have known its fate only by con-
jccture.
It was not to be expected that an arrange-
ment like the one above mentioned would
place the settlers immediately in '4 state of
entire security and comfort. Accordingly,
when the Cyane arrived on the coast, where
she had been sent to execute the laws against
the slave trade, she found them in a st1ltei'ing
condition. The noble and disinterested ex-
ertions of Captain Spence and his crew, in e-
recting a house for the agent,"~ant| a tower of
-ztrong mason work for the defence. of the
town, are ,<,{ratel'iilly acknowlc-dgetl by the
illaiizxgszrs in their address to the public. This
tower which is expected to bid defiance to the
barbarians, has been called Stockton Castle.
Africa will ltet‘caft<=.r honor the men who are
laboring for her deliverance. Her mountains
and rivers, her provinces and Cities, while
they testify her gratitude, will be the mono-
mcnts oftlteir bencvolcncc. And tho’ li'icno’s
and the public may wucp at the loss ofthosc
who perish beneath the stroke of the sun by
day, or of the moon by night, while laboring
in bebalfof suffering huinnnily ; yet there is
it consolation in the thought, that they have
perished in a cause, for which they need not
be ashamed to be martyrs. If we honor the
memory of those who die on the bloody deck
in extending the fame of American valor;
surely we ought to honor with a double reve-
rence the memory ofthose who sacrifice their
lives to exlcnd the triumphs of American phi-
lamhropy. it inal-zcs us feel proud of our
country, to see the zeal, and efficiency, which
have uniformly been displayed by the ofiicers
and seamen of the national vessels that have
been appointed from time to time to tire Af-
rican station. ‘ Most of my associates,’ said
Lieut. Stockton, ‘were ready (and I sincerely
believe it) to sacrifice on the altar ol'humnni-
ty, convenience,comfort, interest and health.’
In April‘ last Dr. Ayres sailed from I3:tlti-
more in the brig Oswego with sixty new set-
tlers,—if their voyage was favorable they
must have arrived there two months ago.
A trading company has been formed inBal-
tiutore, which if the plan succeeds will here-
-.izieI° afford the means of a constzmt and reg-
ular communication with the colony. This
company consisting of a few respectable mer-
chants was formed with the approbation of
the Board, and it ill we trust have an import-
ant connection with the regeneration of'Afri-
ca. Its design is, we believe, after having
made at fair experiment, to run two or urore
vessels as i*cgixlar' traders between Baltimore
and Cape Montscrado. These nil] ofcourse.
afford the mc:ms of conveyance to such as
are desirous of emigrating. The first vessel
sailed at lhebeginning of June and carried a
few passengers.
The prt=s.cnt condition of the colony may
be briefly _tlcscribe<. It con-:ists of I90 ser-
tlers under the direction of two gigeiirs, m-
dently devoted to the cause, accustomed to
their business, Se5l$0llt'2I;l to the tzliinzitc, and
well acquainted with the African character.
These men occupy a soil of whose produc-
tiveuess it is tliflicult for an inhabitant of our
climate to form any adequate conception.—
By the latest accounts the controversy with
the natives seems to have terminated entirely
to their satisfaction, so that the former inter-
course with them for the purposes oftrade has
been resumed, and the settlers can clear and
cultivate their lands without danger.
Such is the history ofllte American Colo-
nizntion Society. Its rlesign. is general—the
benefit ofthc whole African race. Its plan
of operation is specific, the establishment on
the coast of Africa ofa colony of free people
ofcolor from America. It is not a .Viissiona-
ry Society, nor a society for the suppression
ofthe slave trade, nor a society for the im-
provement of the blacks, nor a society for
the abolition ofslavcry. It is simply a socie-
ty for establishing a colony on the coast of
Africa, and so far as any of these other ob-
jects are attained by its elibrts, they must be
E1ll3lllt‘.(.l8llllt:l' as the means, or as the conse-
quences of establishing that colony. But
limited as are the operations of this institu-
tion, it appears to us to be the only institution
w/rich promises any (:’.~in_r;' great or qflhclitaf
for the oeritffit Q/‘Lite black prvpriialiovi of our
C0u1lf)‘_l/. A single glance at the condition of
lllI."S(’. beings, and at the obstacles which lie
in the way of their improverncnt, is enough
to convince us of this.
There is at present within the limits ofthc
Uniter fétatcs, a colored population of one
million, scorn lin.-ulred and sixly nine thou-
sand. The cbzu-.-u:ter, and circumstzmces of
this class of the community fall, to some ex-
tent, under the personal observation ofcvery
man. ‘Who istbcre, that does not, know sortie-
thing of the condition of the blacks in the
nmthczn and middle states? They may be
seen in our cities and larger towns, wander-
ing like foreigners and outcasts, in the land
degradation enters into his soul, and makes
him degraded indeed. We know that there
are individuals, who in spite ofall these ob-
stacles to moral, and social itnprovemente
have acquired a character of respectability,
and piety. But instances like these, occa-
sioned by the peculiar circnmstfmices or pow-
ers of the individuals, cannot be brought to
disprove the general assertion, which we
make without the fear of contradiction, that
the blacks are degraded, without any proper
means of improvement, or any sufficient in-
centive to exertion, that they present the
strange anomaly ofa large part oftlie nation
that loves to call itself the freest, and l1appi-
est, and most enlightened nation on theglobe,
separated by obstacles which they did not cre-
ate, and wlrich they cannot surmount, from
all the institutions and privileges to which
the other portions of the community owe
their superiority. ,
But there is another still moreimportant
cltaracteristic of the condition of our colored
population, in comparison with which every
other circurnstance dwindles into insignifi-
cance; and from which all that we have al-
ready said is only a single necessary conse-
quence. We mean slavery. And on this
subject we must express ourselves briefly, yet
boldly. We have heard of slavery as it exist-
cd in the nations ofantiquily, we have licaul
ofslavcry as it exists in Asia, and Africa, and
’l‘urkey, we have heard ofthe feudal slavery
under which the peasantry of Europe have
groancrl from the days of Alnric, until now ;
but excepting only the horrible system of the
West India Islands, we have never heard of
slavery in any country, ancient or modern,
pagan, LVIaliornt11ed:.ti, orcbristian, so terrible
in its cliamcter ; so pernicious in its tenderi-
cy, so remcdilessin its anticipated results, as
the slavery which exists in these U. States.
lVe do not mean here to speak of slavery as
at system of bonds and stripes and all kinds of
bodily suffering. On this point, there is, we
believe, a great degree of misapprehension a-
mong our fellow citizens oftbe North. Many
oftliem are acct1st0tnc(l to associate with the
name of slavery, all that is horrible in the
details of the African trade, and all that is
terrific in the cruelties ofJum-aica and Porto
Rico. But we rejoice in the belief that these
conceptions are erroneous; and that though
there may be instances of unpunishcd, and
sometimes perhaps almost unnoticed barbari-
ty, the condition of a slave in most parts of
the United States is generally as much stipe-
rior to that ofa slave in the West Indies, as
the condition of an American farmer is to
that of an Irish peasant. Here we are ready
to make what all will consider the most libe-
ral Ct)ll(:.t.‘..~Sl()llS. We are ready even to grant,
for our psesent purpose, that, so far as mere
animal existence IS concerned, the slaves
liavc no reason to complain, and the friends
of immunity have no reason to complain for
them. And when we use the strong language
which we feel ourselves compelled to use in
relation to this subject, we do not mean to
speak ofnnimul sttfllwiiig, butof an immense
moral and political evil——ofslavery as it stands
connected with the wealth and strength, and
more especially with the cltaracter and happi-
ness of our nation.
We have no room to enlarge on the politic-
al aspect oftliis subject. We will only ask—
where would be the enterprise and the wealth
and the strength of New-.l£ng!nn<l—if her
green hills and pleasant vallies were cultiva-
ted no longer by her own independent and
hardy yeomnnry, but by the degraded serfs of
a Polish aristocracy? And what would not
Virginia become, if she could exchange liar
four hundred and twenty five thousand slaves
for as many freemen, who, in blood and com-
plexion, as in immunities and cujoyments,
should be one with the proudest ofiier children.
But the mere politician cannot fail, in esti-
mating the magnitude of this evil, to look at
its moral tendency. The great men of the
south have looked at it in this aspect, and
have expressed tbcmselves accordingly.
Judge W'ns|:ington pronounces it to be ‘an
inherent vice in the community.’ Mr. Jeffer-
son uses language on this subject, too strong
for even a nolltcrn man to regard it as strictly
true. In his notes on Virginia, he says ‘ The
whole commerce between master and slave, is
a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous
passions, the most unrcmitted despotism on
one part, and degrading submissions on the
other.’—‘ The parent storms, the child looks
on, catches the lincuments of wrath, puts on
the same airs in asmaller circle of slaves,
gives a loose to his worst passions, and thus
nursed, educated and daily exercised in tyr-
anny, cannot but be stamped with odious pe-
culiarities.’—‘I tremble for my country when
I reflect that God is just, and that his "justice
cannot sleep for ever.’ And speaking of the
probability, that the blacks may assert their
freedom, he adds, ‘ the Almighty has no at-
tribute which can take side with us in such a
contest.’ ‘It would be easy to collectthe sen.
timents of many highly honored individuals
in the southern States who have expressed
themselves as decidedly‘ if not as strongly.-
But it is enough to say in regard to the moral
influence of the system on the blocks, that
laws exist in nearly all the slave holding
States, prohibiting their instruction, and even
driving them from Sunday schools, because
It: is always degraded in the estimation of
perfect ignorance: and in regard to its infill-
ence on the white population, that the tnost"la-
mentable proof of its—detcriora_ting effects may
be found in the fact that excepting the pious.
whosc hearts aregoverned y the christian
law of reciprocity between man and-mnn,and
the wise whose minds, have looked far into the
relations and tendencies of things, none can
be found to lift their voices against a system
so utterly repugnant to the feelings of unso-
phisticated humanity-—a system which permits
all the attrocities of the domestic slave-trade
—-which permits the father to sell his children
as he would his cattle-—a system which con-
signs one half of the community to hopeless
and utter degradation, and which threatens
in its final catastrophe to bring down the so me
ruin on the master and the slave.
There are two considerations in view of
which we ventured to remark that the slavery
which exists in our country is more ominous
in its character and tendency than any simi-
lar system which has ever existed in other
countries. The first is that slavery contra-
dicts the primary principles of our republican
government. Slavery was not inconsistent
mocracy. It is in perfect harmony with the
systems of government, which, excepting
Great Britain, and Switzerland, prevail inev-
ery province of the old world from the Froz-
en Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope, and
from the Bay of Biscuy to the Pacific. But
it stands in direct opposition to all the ac-
knowledged and boosted mnxims in which is
laid the foundation of our political institutions.
The other consideration to which we refer is,
which the subject can be viewed, and which
seems to tell us——for all these evils there is no
remedy. It is the fact that the slaves, and
those -.vl‘.o have bcen slaves, and those whose
fathers have been slaves, are all tnurlted out
and stigmatised with the brand which nature
has stamped upon them. In Greece and
llome, as in almost every other nation, a
slave might be made free, and then be was no
longera slave, but be was amalgamated with
the rest of the community. and the road of
wealth or honor of office was open before him
and his interests were united with the interests
ofthc repnbliv . But here the thing is impos-
sible: asfave cannot be really emancipated.
You cannot raise him from the abyss of dog-
radation. You may call him free, you may
enact a statute took of laws to mal-'.e him free,
but you cannot bleach him into the enjoyment
of freedom.
Now apply to this subject one very simple
aritlimeticnl calculation._ In 1320 the slave
population ofthe country is as l,:')00,t)00.
Their annual increase is estimated at 55,000.
Their number doubles in less than twenty
1840 we shall have 3,000,000 of slaves,-in
1860, 6,0(H),000,——and in 1880, t2,0oo,0os,—
a nation ofslaves larger by 4,000,000 than the
whole present white population of the United
States. What a state of things will this be.
Twelve millions of slaves. ‘ A nation scat-
tered and peeled,’ ‘ a nation meted out and
trodden down ;’——and God forbid that it should
be written in the blood and echoed in the
groans of that gcneration——‘ a nation terrible
from their beginning hither.’ fiut even in the
short sixty years which must elapse before
such a state of things can take place, how
much terror and anxiety must be endured,
how many plots must be detected, how many
insurrections must be qnelled.
Plots ! and insurrections! These are words
ofterror, but their terriblcness is no argument
against the truth of what we say. If things
go on as they are, words more terrible than
these must be ‘ familiar in our months.’ For
notwitltstanding all that may be done to keep
the slaves in ignorance, they are learning, and
will continue to learn something of their own
power, and something of the tenure by which
they are held in bondage. They are sur-
rounded by the memorials of freedom. The
air which they breathe is free ; and the soil
on which they trend, and which they water
with their tears is a land of liberty. Slaves
are never slow in learning that they are fetter-
ed, and that freedom is the birthright oflm-
manity. Our slaves will not be always ig-
norant—nnd when that righteous Providence,
which never wants instruments to accomplish
its designs,wltetlter of mercy, or of vengeance,
shall raise up :1 Tonissaint, or a Spartacus, or
an African Tecumseh, his fellow slaves will
flock around his standard, and we shall wit-
ness scenes—which history describes but from
the thought of which the imagination revolts.
Not that t'ncre is any reason to anticipate
such an insurrection as will result in the e-
mancipation ofthe slaves, and the establish-
ment ofa black empire. A general insurrec-
tion in the southern states, might indeed des-
troy thcir cities, might desolate their planta-
tions, migbt turn their rivers to blood ; but to
be finally successful, it must be delayed for
more than two or three generations——ii must
be delayed till the blacks have force enough
to resist successfully the energies ofthe whole
American people ; for at any time within six-
ty or a hundred years, the beacon fires ofin-
surrection would only rally the strength ofthe
nation, and the ill-fated Africans, if not ut-
terly exterminatcd, would be so nearly des-
troyed that they must submit to a bondage
more helpless than ever.
Cannot the people of the United States be
roused to an effort for the partial if not for the
eulirc removal of the evils attendant on the
circumstances of our black population ? \Ve
refer to all these evils; though they cannot all
be enumerated, for their name is legion. \Ve
refer to the condition ofall the blacks wheth-
er bond or fire. They are wretched, and
their wrctcbedncss ought to be alleviated.
They are dangerous to the community, and
this danger ought to be renzoved. Their
wretchedness arises not only from their bon--
dage, but from their political and moral dc-
gradntion. The danger is not so much that
we have ‘:1 million and El ltalfof slzives, as that
we have within our borders nearly two mil-
lions of men who are necessarily any thing
rather than loyal citi7.ens——tteurly two mil-
lions of ignorant and miserable beings who
are bnntled together by the very sainc circum-
stances, by which they nre :.o widely scpnra-
tcd in character and in interest from all the
citizens ofour great republic. The question
is, cannot the people of the United States be
induced to do something ef’fecluul for the re-
moval of these evils ? Without doubt they
can be roused to an effort; for in a nation so
for under the influence -of christian principle
as ours, there is a spirit which will answer to
the voice of benevolence when it pl€".tStl the
with the principles of Grecian and Roman de--
that which spreads tcrror over every aspect in
years. Thing.-. remaining as they now are, in"
Tliey may-be seen’-tbepubl-ic safety requires them Ito-be ltcptin ‘¢‘aust-Loi‘ liiin‘mii‘it_i-._-, "It-dill rinswel‘ in Eng.
land,” wlit=:‘n'WilberTorce and Clarkson ‘lifted
up their cry against the wrongs ofAfric'a ;-‘- _
and the consequence of. their ,unwearied’l'a- '
burs has been the formal abolition of the
slave-trade- by éveryzcliristian p0Wel'~_i|l. both
continents, and,such -a_ total revolution in:pub-
lic sentiment, that all who are not immedi-.
ately interested,. in, the Knefarions traflic are
ready to denounce it as the most high‘-handed
outrage that ever was practised by fraud and
power against simplicity and weakness. If
the philanthropists of America will summon
up their energies to a like effdrt—'—iftliey will‘
never cease to warn their fellow-citizens of
the extent and nature of these evilse—iftlicy
will "properly set before the public the politi-
cal and intellectual and moral degradation of
the blacks, and the danger which results from
this degradation ;-—tbe same spirit which an-
swered to the plea of Wilberforce will answer
them, and the effect of their labors will be
seen in the sympatbizing effects of all the en-
lightened and benevolent. VVe doubt not
that ,tbe public may be excited on this subject,-
and‘lf' excited they may put forth such an ef-
fort as will alleiliate the evils in ipiestion, and
long delay, if not utterly prevent their final
catastrophe. The excitement re-quiredvis not
.1 momentary, feverish, half delirious excite-
mcut, like that produced-. by the agitation of
the Missouri question—-it must be sbmetliiiig
more calm and permanent. It mus.’ not be it
sudden torrent passing away with the c1m,d
tlmtjgave it birth ; but a river whose 'broad,
deep, pencefiil streams are sfipplied by percu-
nial fountains, and wliose pure waters, like
the waters of Jordan shall wash away fr-‘tit;
our national character this foul and loath-
some leprosy.
(Conclitrlcil next zceek.)
Indiall TI‘¢'aty.—On'tlte filth ult. a-treaty’
was concluded between the United States and
the Seminole Indians. The Indians are toe-
vacuate East and West Florida, except a re.
servntion in East Florida, into which tract
they are to concentrate themselves. The fin-
ure oftbis tract is a tri:ingle,one side of xvliitilt
is in a parallel of latitude, near the sources of
the St.Jolm and 0klawali:t,and the other side
following the direction of the Atlantic and
GulfofMexico, leaving a margin ofupwards
of20 miles on the east and tvest coasts for
white settlements.
‘ The United States promises to distribute
among them as soon as concentrated, imple-
ments of husb:mdry and stock of cattle and
hogs to the value of $6,000, and to allow an
nnnuztl sum of $5,000 for 20 successive years
to be appropriated to their benefit as the I‘fes-
ident of the U. States may direct. The In-
dians will likewise be furnished forlfi months,
tion ofthe treaty, with t'ations of corn, meat
and salt, and .1 school and a black and gun
smith's shop will be established at the ex-
pense ofthe National Gov’t. at the ugency,to
be located within the Indian l:~oundnry.
.»’1nofhc_r English. '1'ravcIler.—Tlie Charles-
ton Courier announces the receipt ofa book
being a journal of his travels in the United
States, in the year 1319. The Courier ntakes
the following extracts:
‘The South Carolinians train dogs to hunt
runnvray slaves.’ ‘ In South Carolina slaves
destroy their young in embryo, lest their chil-
dren should be slaves.’ ‘ In South ()am1‘m-,.
they cover infirm and dccrcpid slaves, after
stripping them naked, with trcncle or molas-
ses, and then expose them to venomous in-
sects until they die.’-—‘ Dirkiug is the fashion
in Charleston.’ ‘At the Plunier’s Hotel. 1?.
duelists dint-d together, each having, killed
hisman.’ ‘_Slept at the residenccofC2tptain
Ftugely, a rich planter, who accommodated in
one and the same room, himself and his wife,
and Mr. Fanx and y negro woman.’ ‘ Saw, on
his way to Colombia, from Charleston, a huge
black pond, having on its banks ton Alliga-
tors,cacl1 ten feet long, ready to eat dogs or a-
ny tliing else.’ ‘People of Charleston so in-
human ‘as to allow a poor creature who had
been robbed, and had both his legs broken, to
remain all night on the pavement, and until 9
o’clock next morning, when relieved by the
humanity of aPrnssiun Consul, who paid a
Ll0li21I'——ilIlS on the 1st of May, when the ther-
mometer was 110.’
PR.0CLAll'IATION—-By Joseph C, Yates,
_Governor If the State qf_/\"o:w- .I"or.’.‘.
. VV ltcreas the people oftltis state have been
highly favored with unmerited blessings from
the protecting band oftbe benefment Creator
and ruler oftbc universe, signally manifested
throughout the year past, by continuing to
promote the cause of religion in our land, the
diffusion ofit abroad, and the dissemination
of useful knowledge among all classes ofciti-
zens.; by withholding the alarmiug‘and des-
tructive scourge of pestilence; by causing the
earth to yield an abundant increase, and thus
,-_zl:u'l(lening the llC‘ll'l oftbe liusbandinan, and
removing apprehension and anxiety from all,
in giving health, peace and plenty: By af-
fording positive indications that the enter-
prizc, perseverance and patriotism of the peo-
ple, for sometime past, evinced by the un-
exampled liberality of their representatives,
with t'e.gai'd to internal improvements, will be
sttccessiiil, and extensively useful and advan-
tageous : By enabling the constituted author-
ities under his superintending care and guid-
ttttfté‘. peacefully to organize fl government,
according to a constitution forint-.d and adop-
ted by the people ; securing to them the bles-
sings of liberty, and_ the undisturbed fruition
oftheir own labor and exertions :-Thcse,and
innumerable other important blessings,'dailv
dispensed to all, call loudly for -a united and
public expression of gratitude to Almighty
Gorl,'bcsi.-ccliing him to continue his benign
favors, and to vonchsnfe to them, individual-
ly, and us a community, dispositions to cher-
ish n grat.-:ful remembramce of his unbounded
tlmltlttess and mercy towards them] I do
therefore, under a solemn sense of dutv, re-
command to the good people or this 5331],, me
observance of Thursday, the tllth day ofDc-
camber next, as a day of public prifver and
tltanltsgivitw. . . '
In witness whereof, Ihavc hereunto sub-.
scribed my name, and aflixed the privy ,,._,,j.
of the stztle, at Albany, the 13th duv of0cto-
her) 1313- Joscrxl C.'YA't'r:s.
Gert. A‘IIdI'cW Jackson is elected to the Se-
note of the United States from Te|]||P5see_ in
llliice 0fCul. Jpltii Williams. The General is
said robe‘ a Calhounite. The Colonel is a
Ciawlordnc.
commencing immediately after the ratificu- .
recently published in London, by -.1 Mr. Fnux,
Norwalk Chronicler