looked upon as a glorious work, the success of which
has been demonstrated! And when the time shall come,--and I trust in
God it will come--when this free and enlightened nation, dwelling in
peace and happiness under the mild influences of its government and
laws, shall have fixed deep the foundations of civilization in that
distant land, hitherto only known for its wide-spread deserts and its
savage race. Oh! sir, what will be the gratitude of that people, who,
transferred from the abode of their bondage, shall enjoy the rights
of freemen in their native clime!--And, oh sir, when we look to
ourselves--when we see the fertilization of those barren wastes which
always mark the land of slaves--when we see a dense population of
freemen--when lovely cottages and improved farms arise upon the now
deserted and sterile soil--and where now deep silence reigns, we hear
the chimes of religion from the village spire;--will you not--will
not every friend of his country, thank this Society for its patriotic
labors! Yes! Kings might be proud of the effects which this Society will
have produced. Far more glorious than all their conquests would ours be:
for it would be the triumph of freedom over slavery--of liberality over
prejudice--and of humanity over the vice and wretchedness which ever
wait on ignorance and servitude!"

_B. Hallowell_, having affirmed, stated that he knew Crandall, and
that he came here in May last, with introductions from very respectable
sources. Dr. Crandall had also been here about a year before, at
which time he (Mr. H.) wished to engage a person at his seminary in
Alexandria, as a lecturer on botany. He offered him $100 a year, and
encouraged him to believe that he would considerably add to that income
by making up different classes during the year. Dr. Crandall said, at
the time, that he would take it into consideration, and if he should
determine upon it, would move down. The Doctor did not return in time to
fulfil that engagement. But he brought with him letters showing that he
was a christian, a man of science, and a gentleman. He understood it to
be Dr. Crandall's object to have a class not merely for one session, but
for every summer, while he remained here. It was about the last of May
or first of June when Dr. Crandall returned.

_General Fowler_, of Georgetown, stated that he knew Dr. Crandall,
and that he was introduced to him, soon after he came, by a person
interested in botany, as a man well a