slavery the lime has gone by when it was necessary to that the color of the skin or the place of birth ought not to determine a man s rank in society it must be remembered he is writing at paris slavery is a crime and a blunder the m mankind was taught fully by the and by christianity but has not been understood till now france has taken the lead in developing the doctrine and ought to slavery for she will thereby influence other nations and slavery is at this day the greatest obstacle in the way of civilization it the master and the slave it labor renders it the wealthy and the vices of the poor it is only possible on condition that the slaves are degraded and the masters to show that slavery prevents the increase and notices of be mr clay one of the most enlightened men of the union and one of the most ardent of slavery in louis the tenth made all men free who touched the soil of france but louis the introduced slavery into the french colonies formerly the spanish slaves were better treated than others but now in point of cruelty spanish slavery can only be compared to the american he thinks the and e c es show that the slaves are not happy and mr who says he has studied their condition where the laws and national habits tend to their lot but goes back with the same horror of slavery as when he first quitted � it seems the american churches are not alone in their defence of the institution for the of saint in which most of the clergy are educated for their functions teaches the of slavery and the slave trade the religion of a nation seldom over its interests says it is the philosophers not the who the question of slavery he thinks works well in the west indies the have money in the bank they join societies build churches and fill them they send money to the london society to promote their work they send to africa to preach love and liberty on their soil crime from year to year he says there are three schemes of gradual and general and general and spontaneous he general and immediate in chapter he gives a history of ancient by the and in chapter ly he a reform of the french colonies in chapter v he touches upon the condition of � a tale of by worth third edition boston wm d co mo this is a beautiful poem in verse and relates the adventures of a young french maiden � � a native of the destroy the french settlement of grand pr and carry off tiie inhabitants who are scattered over the continent gets separated from her lover and after seeking him in all uie french from the great lakes to the gulf of becomes a sister of charity in philadelphia she him in a hospital sick and too feeble to speak he dies in her arms and she soon him in the world where there is no separation the poem is full of beauties � now of description or of sh rt and bee r ment and of thought the is slight bat sometimes more and sinking to prose the measure seems wholly congenial to the author s mind the sound an echo to the sense we a few specimens many a word and sweet on the door lingered long in s heart and filled it with gladness then were the embers that glowed on the and on the stairs the tread of the soon with a step the foot of followed up the staircase a space in the lighted less by the lamp than the shining face of the maiden � p friends they sought and homes and many despairing heart broken asked of the earth bat a grave and no longer a or a written their history stands on of stone in the churchyard long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered lowly and meek in spirit and patiently all things was she and young but alas before her extended dreary and vast and the desert of life with its pathway marked by the graves of those who had and fallen before her passions long extinguished and hopes long dead and abandoned as the s way o er the western desert is by camp consumed and bones that in the sunshine something there was in her life unfinished as if a morning of june with all its music and sunshine suddenly paused in the sky and fading slowly descended into the east win whence it late had arisen sometimes she in towns till bv the within her urged by a restless longing the and thirst of the spirit she commence again her endless search and endeavour sometimes in strayed and gazed on the crosses and sat by some nameless grave and fat that perhaps in its bosom he was already at rest and she to slumber beside him p still stands the forest but far away its shadow side by side in their nameless graves ae lovers are sleeping under the humble walls of the uttle catholic in the heart of the lie unknown and unnoticed daily the tides of life go and flowing beside them thousands of throbbing hearts where are at rest and forever thousands of aching brains where theirs no longer are thousands of toiling hands where theirs have ceased m their labors thousands of weary feet where theirs have completed the journey we would remind the that the tree does not grow in that was not known among its inhabitants and that no is found bending with golden in that region in the month of november american readers may well the author for a poem so wholly american in its incidents its geography and its scenery we cannot but think it will add to e well of 