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cxpiMtt a givntor surcrss (li:)n tb.on.'; vli;it liav(.i tin; rcstiits litjcir.' A-^k ihi.s (jiicstion of tlx; lir.-A vou nifft. and (on ti) niiv his answiM" will 1)0. ' lMiiaii(:i])ri!iiMi in tin; l>riti.'.li (NtldiiiLvs is a failuvc.*" Asl; him how liu knows tliis, anil he will ti/ii ymi '-ho has h(,'an) so, — evoryhiuly say so." Ask hiu) t'l

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silent, liii has Tint, and tlu^ American peo- ])le ^onorally, iiavc not tid^cn the Irnuhle to spend an hour in the examination of a mat- ter far more impnrtant t(» ns. than it has ever been to Mnghmd. Hut without authority, without investigation, in the very laei^ and eyes of notorious faets, heeontinues to I'epeat wdiat is!it once a mistake ami a slander. Anil why? l>ecaus(j in this, as in so maiiy other j)oints, puhlie opini<ui has heen undii-r the control of those in.-olcnt planlei's and their connnereial allies at the North, from whose tyranny we ai-e new. th;mk (led I fa>}, freein;:; ours<'lves. '"It is opinion, not truth. said Sir Waller!lidein-h. "that travelleth llu; world without jiasspni't," }oro-ettin,Li; liie j)rejudires v.diich we have ]t-ni)(Ml fr;)in slav- er . let, us tak(i the testimony. — not of plaiit- e.rs and .^lave-drivers; not of vulgar politi- eians, aiming at thf; White House, noi- of those profound sages, the traders in eoiton and sugar. — ne, i of ligures. — iho<e im- partial repoi'ters, whrt can neither vote nor h(dd oiliee, Jior hny an/l s(dl in any market, nut whoso silent stateunMit the' slaveholder d rends and hales more than till ai'iiu- nients. liot il 1)0 sail], lirst. that emancipation was feared and denounced liy niest of the w])ite eoliinist.s, y.'hn;-;e fcai's were sliai'ed to some ex- te/it!)y (he i>i'itish gnveiiiment. Nn Ken- tmtky (Congressman, ui' .W.-w York sm-essioni.-t can exceed in teri'ors or threats the •• West India l>ody of 3ie)-chants wwd I'lanter,-; "' resident in lOiigland. during tiie year Thi-se nohlcni(!n and gentlemen, inti'res'o^d in the sugar trade, predicte'ii as a eonsi/ipicnce uf! <n/i/ measure of emancipaiinn. a cnniiiien-ial crisis iuij)aralleled in the history of the e-m- pire;" "an e.stremu danger to thi' lives and j)ro])i!rties of ihi' free j)ers<iiis ri'sident in th(> colnnies;" "con.t'usion and;uiai'chy;"' "v.diole districts, indei'il whole coliuiies. ilicv said, '■mii;iit he cemph;tidy depopulated;'" liiev could see liothing in the law proposed ■"i ut confncation of projicrtv. anil the pi'uspi'ct of j all those eahuuities which must reMd.i IVnui a j dissolutioii of the tics ■^■rhich cftuncet tli<:' uid- onies v,-itli the l^ritish Kmpire.'"'* They declared further, that It 'ds not cvo??. ealcidated to advam-e the cond'orts and well- heing of the negro, that it enchingers the cois- tinuance of the colonies tis depcMuleiudes oi the l>i-itish Orown, and. itterly destroys t];c j)ossihilily of their jirodnctive cultivation;" that it would "throw the blacli: population back into a slate of barhari^iui."! These gloomy forebodings have a too fa- mihar sound. .lb")W did tiio event justify them? 'I'he cidonies are still loyal to tlit; iJritisli Crown, as we krutw to ou' 4;ost; they are more ])roduciive tlian btdore euiuneipu- tion; no such coinmeveial crisis took place; the j.)opulation instead of dimiuishing at the rate of r)l)lii) anuially, as it hud done from 1 to l;:>d-l. is increasini;'; anil the. ne<>'roe?. liave made extraordin:'.rv ativauce.s in wealth, civilization, an.d movali'y. There haseertaiis- ly been a decrease in the sugar crop, and there have been many otlter changes, but of these eiii;inci})ation has been but in part the cause. 'J'lie t»ritish (luvernmcnt did not neglect to guard against the imagined dangers, ■Jdiey sent out additional troops, and created a speci;d iiolice; they liiade (.-areful provi.sion, as was thought, for the supply of lahor; and umK-r liic nanu; of indenniity, tliey distiib- uted niMrly SI DO (>00 UOU among the ])lant- ers, out of which the laborers' wages coul^l be jiaid. until thy new system had beeu fairly tested. The lii'st results of I'unaucipation n.'^tnn- i.-^hed every one. In Antigua, where the slaves inst.antly hecaiue (Iieir oatu masters, the jiuhhe ipn(.'t was r-ompletidy luidisturhed. The fu'st eif August li.appi'iied to fall on Fi'i- day, and it was wisely i'(,-;oived by ilje nias- tvrs. to;i;ive their .'>() (Jf.X) slaves a liolida.v until .Monday, t))e 4d). These three day.'* wtne spent by the n-groes — lirst, in j)rayer aiid ilianksgiving to dod Ibr their great (h;- livoiance — thi'U, in expressions of ioy •,ml congratidalion among tiienisedves. (hi .^!on- day, with few exceptions, tiiey returned to their homes, tijok up the .^hovei and the hoe again, ami have ever siiu'c continued to lie pt.-aceful I'iti/ciis. li; tiie other i.-^lands there were snniliir <'vetifs; sc.arct ly a riot occurred, and not a singh' while mati if>st his life. The oidy suili'rers v/ere a fi'w rash tieiifoes, .at Trinidad and Si . < 'hristopiiev's.who attempted M'lMi'riMlinL'-^ "I" Vi.>f Iiiili;! Uc'lv, Ji;. 1','. SO ii.O.'l ..iui;. lS;j;.;,} {!v.;. l:{4