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and as civilization progressed their condition was
still farther amelorated. Step by step their pri-
vieges were enlarged, intelligence was spread
amongst them, and with the possession.of intel
ectual liberty, their characters daily assumed the
higher and nobler attributes of virtue. They
shared in the glory Of the arts and scences-be
came good and worthy citizens, skful farmers 1
statesmen and warriors. Such will be.the histo-
ry Of the slave of the south-his fate will follow
the age he lives in, and freedom must burst his
tetters-when as free laborer he will no longer
Il the dread of him who is now his master-but
deny to him his rights and refuse to remove his
CALLING yoke and the spirit Of revolution will soon
be manifested in the south. Take the history of
the world at any perod-trace its progress from
age to age, and it will be found that the universal
tendency of mankind is towards liberty. Life is
truly said to be made up Of circumstances, and
upon circumstances man depends. Toussaint,
Chrstophe and Petion were the creatures Of cir
cumstance-they overcame some Of the best gen
erals Of Europe, and destroyed 10000 of as brave
soldiers as any in the world. And what was the
comparative population of St. Domingo f? Such
as is that Of South Carolina now, in its rates Of
whites and blacks.


We conclude with asking has the ultra
doctrine performed for the benefit of our race p
not theoretically nor metaphorically, but practi-
cally. In the south, certainly nothng-in the
north, we required nothing but to have our chill
dren taken as apprentices, and thus instructed in
the mechanical arts This kindness we hope will
be generally extended to them-and without any
wish to inpugn the benevolent but ulisguided
impressions Of the friends Of the Tocsin, we do
sincerely believe that their principles are errone
Gus, in endeavoring to fill the south with tracts,
which merely excite the anger Of the master, and
are worse than useless, nay, cruel, to the slave
and we have doubt that if the poor slave could
be heard, he would say, protect us from such
friends. The slave cannot read-then why send
tracts The oyerseer will not read them for their
benefit Yes, it is cruel to the slave, as it vii
add, if persisted in, new restrictions to the little
liberty they now enjoy. Let US unite in exertng
our efforts to secure to them in the free states the
humane and equitable Indulgence Of trial by jury.
Let the call be generally madeto amend the con
stituton, and then let every feeling that humani-
ty can suggest, be aroused to prevent the cruel
separation Of families this heartrending, afic-
ing and more than brutal trait of slavery, be stop
ped at once. Let this benefit be asked and urged
upon the south gradually, and others will follow.
Let Us do something which showsgood intentions
something which appeals to reason, instead Of