r protection,
it is that people whose sufferings are not the consequences of
their crimes; it is that people whose misfortunes work in them
the graces of faith, patience and hope. And why should we not
cherish these invaluable graces? We are told by high authority,
that "_all things_ shall work together _for good_ to them that
love God"--that "He will give grace and glory, and _no good
thing_ will He _withhold_ from them that walk uprightly." You
see, sirs, we have one straight forward course to pursue--one
marked out by the hand of unerring wisdom. This course we intend
to pursue, without giving ourselves any uneasiness as to the
issue; this we leave to Him who has the administration of the
universe in his hands, and who has declared for our
encouragement, "even the very hairs of your head are all
numbered." Tell us not of the wisdom, and power, and number of
our enemies; He who has given us a hope, which at least makes
our condition tolerable, will say to them, as He did to the
tempestuous billows, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further;
and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."'

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'What effect have the evils of slavery in this _happy_ land upon
the mind of the liberal, the unprejudiced, and philanthropic
Lafayette?

'Hear him, he will speak for himself: "When I am indulging in my
views of American prospects and American liberty, it is
mortifying to be told that in that very country a large portion
of the people are slaves. It is a dark spot on the face of the
nation. _Such a state of things cannot always exist._" It was a
sight of the evils alluded to, and their inseparable
concomitants, that extorted from the pen of Mr Jefferson that
comprehensive and soul-thrilling sentence--"I tremble for my
country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice
cannot sleep for ever." But may we not indulge the hope that
the evils spoken of will yet awaken the sympathies of the
American people--soften their cruel prejudices--arouse their
slumbering energies--and produce in them an unconquerable
determination to wash from their "stars and stripes" one of the
blackest spots that ever cursed the globe, or stained the
historic page? Shall we be told that _invincible_ prejudices
render this great desideratum impracticable? And what is this
but