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tives, governed by а sense of honor, and supported by the по-

blest of emulations. It was а sacrilege to permit the rough

touch of innavation to deface what admitted of по change

but for the worse. It was а needless degradation to sink the

far famed warriors in the unHedged recruits. It was madness

to pull down perfection already attained, in order that the

possibility 0f attaining it тау be tested by а new experiment.

It was а gratuitous, unheard of outrage to invade а long-res-

pected sanctuary, to apply the ахе to а long-cherished heritage

of smiling vineyards and happy tenements, to level with the

dust а paradise, and trample under foot all justice and huma-

nity, in order to plant• оп the melancholy ruins а mathemati-

cal line of strawthatched and long built huts, the renewal 0f

whose clay bedaubed exterior after each rain, forms the prin-

cipal employement of the unfortunate females drawn within

the vortex of colonial jurisdiction. There was room and space

enough оп the river below for twenty such colonies, but the

fell «Artefcer of ill» was envious of this Eden; and its de-

molition wa.s forthwith resolved ироп and executed with а

hand as rewarseless. as unsparing!

The indignant elders remonstrated, pleaded their right and

immunities, leaved оп the priveleges granted them of уоте by

the great enlightened son of Michael, and securely enjoyed by

them through each succeeding reign. They ofered their sons,

their own war worn frames, their all, to the service of theiT

country—but in vain! The fend in humau shape, abusing the

powers delegated to him, turned а deaf еат to their prayers.

converted their loyal remonstrances into rebellion and treason.

insidiously drew around them ап iron wall of bayonets, that

shouid have been used only against ап епету, and then, vul-

tur-like, sure of his prey he tore their Hanks by the

ignominious infiction and protracted torture of the gaunt-

let, untill all sense and feeling had Hed with life. It а

heart-rending scene! The veterans, bleached with the snow 0f

fourscore winters, decorated with the cross 0f St.-George and