to mitigate
their sorrows. Were such persons to be approached with
vituperation and anathemas? 9. There was no reason why all
our sympathies should be confined to the colored race and
utterly withheld from our white southern brethren. The
apostle Paul exhibited no such spirit. 10. A regard to the
interest of the slaves themselves dictated a cautious and
prudent and forbearing course. It called for conciliation:
for the fate of the slaves depended on the will of their
masters, nor could the north prevent it. The late laws
against teaching the slaves to read had not been passed until
the Southern people found inflamatory publications
circulating among the colored people. 11. The spirit of the
gospel forbade all violence, abuse and threatening. The
apostles had wished to call fire from heaven on those they
considered as Christ's enemies; but the Saviour, instead of
approving this fiery zeal, had rebuked it. 12. These Southern
people, who were represented as so grossly violating all
Christian duty, had been the subjects of gracious blessings
from God in the outpourings of his Spirit. 13. When God
convinced men of error, he did it in the spirit of mercy; we
ought to endeavor to do the same thing in the same spirit.

The only remaining testimony relates to the states of Louisiana and
Mississippi, in the south west. The letter from which it is taken is
written by a son of that Mr. Finley, who perhaps more than any one
else, set on foot the original scheme of African colonization; and
whose name, as a man of pure and enlarged benevolence and wisdom, the
enemies of his plans quote with respect. The son well deserves to have
had such a father.

_New-Orleans, March 12, 1835._

In my former letter I gave you some account of the leading
characters amongst the free people of color who recently
sailed from this port in the Brig "Rover." for Liberia. I
then promised you in my next to give you some account of the
emancipated slaves who sailed in the same expedition. This
promise I will now endeavor to fulfil, and I will begin with
the case of an individual emancipation, and then state the
case of an emancipated family, and conclude with an account
of the emancipation of several families by the same
individual.

The first case alluded to is that of a young woman
emancipa