wisdom and humanity, to embrace the first constitutional
opportunity afforded, to pass a law which entirely prohibits our
citizens from foreign traffic in human flesh. We hope our hearts
are not without sentiments of sincere gratitude to the great
disposer of events for that signal blessing. But we have to
sympathize with nearly a million of human beings who are subject
to the bonds of slavery within the United States, we have yet to
mourn over this dishonour of our country. The progress of truth,
or correct opinion of right has accomplished great ends, but much
remains to be done. Domestic slavery is a national crime; a
crime which is calculated to excite in the man of upright
sentiments, serious and awful apprehensions of the final
consequences of its continuance. It is our duty to employ the pen
and the press for the dissemination of such arguments as shall
convince our countrymen of the injustice and impolicy of such
slavery. The man whose mind is clouded by prejudice, while his
heart is hardened by selfish considerations, must have truth
frequently repeated, and presented under various aspects, before
his errors can be corrected, his prejudices subdued, and the
noble feelings of philanthropy excited in his breast. This is a
constant, an arduous, but not a hopeless duty. We therefore
recommend the frequent publication of extracts from celebrated
works, or original essays, tending to establish the justice and
policy of gradual and general emancipation.

One society has informed us that a committee of its members held
a satisfactory conference with the blacks and other people of
colour. We think such conferences, under the direction of
discreet men, may have a beneficial influence on the minds of the
blacks, we again recommend the subject to your attention. In such
meetings the advice of former Conventions may be renewed, and, we
think, the necessity of legal marriages, honesty in their
dealings, and the importance of religious instruction should be
impressively urged upon them.

We learn that Thomas Clarkson's history of the abolition of the
slave trade, which has been reprinted in Philadelphia, is now
published for the emolument of its author. When we consider the
value of this work to the cause of emancipation, the
indefatigab