The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-05-23

a short distance west of The Nile, and ii
about thirty degrees Of North latitude. -
Cairo is in nearly the same latitude, anC
is on the east bank of the Nile. The
largest Of these wonderful and mysterious
structures is supposed 10 be about eight
hundred feet square at the base, and about
as many feet in height Probably one
fourth of its height is concealed by the
sands, which, for thousands oil years, have
been gathering around the pyramid.
GERRIT SMITH.
GlzEH, JAN %, 1874.
My Dear Sir,-Before leaving Bed
ford promised you letter from the Pyr-
amids. Eight or ten are now in sight,
and am writing from the summit OF The
largest. Around these stupendous mon
uments of superstition and of despotism
stretches land, for forty centuries cursed
with slavery. The wrath of God has
been poured out upon her. The sands
of the desert are burying her magnificent
structures her energies have been crush
ed by foreign rulers; and her inhabitants
wasted by pesliencc. Fearu!ly has been
accomplished the prediction of the proph-
ct, Egypt shall be the basest of King
doms.' When witness the arrogance of
the Turks, the suAerings of the, slaves.
and the base, avaricious sycopbancy of
Inc Arabs, remember our planters and
their bonGmen and our Northern dema.
gogues; and while trembling for my
country here devote myself anew to the
cause of American Abolition. Good bye,
for the present | will resume my pen,
al more convenient time and place.
In QUARANTINE, MALTA,)
18Th Feb. 1874,
avail myself of my present leisure, to
continue my letter begun between the
Heavens and the Earth. remember
wiring to you, that | should visit Egypl
with less apprehension Of personal VIC.
lence than | could my own s'aveholdng
couutrymen. My anlcipalions on this
point have been fully realized From all
The information | have obtained, am
convinced, that christian shareholders are
far more cruel towards their bondmen
than are the disciples of the false prophet,
and far more vlndictive towards the advo.
Gates of the rights Of man. One reason
undoubtedly is, that the Turks have
among them no Bishops and Clergy
claiming 10 be the privileged ambassa-
doris of Heaven, teaching them that slave
" is a divine institution, and that civil
aud religious rights are founded not on
The immuiable principles of justice and
mercy, but on the rinctured skin A
Mahommedan would be Mortified at the
idea of restricting the privileges of the
Mosque TO a favored caste, or Of excluding
q true believer from religious schools or
religious councils, solely on account of
his complexion. A clergyman Of the
Church of England, long resident in E.
uninsured me that the Copllc christians
were far more cruel to their slaves than
the Turks, and he assigned for this fact
the very sufficient reason that the Coptic
clergy held slaves, and justified The prac
lice from scripture.
carried with me from London guam
;ity of anti Slavery Tracts in Arabic, the
common language of Egypt and address,
ed to the Moham rnedans. | distributed
them in the streets, at the Hotels at the
public Turkish Coffee House, in the Ba-
Ears, and 10 the keeper Of The Slave Mar
Ae,. What would have become OF your
friend, had he, trusting 10 the protection
OF laws and constitutions, and the influ-
ence of christianity, made similar use
of Anti-slavery tracts in Richmond or
New Orleans?
| had intended seeking an interview
with the Pasha, meaning 10 give him The
Tracts, and at the same time an Anti
slavery leclure-but my time was too
brief TO permit me TO wait for an inlroduc-
ton. The Pasha, you know, is suppos'
ed to be rather wolfsh y inclined; but
there are certain highmlnded chivarlc
gentlemen in America, who would be far
more likely to murder me on account OF
INV opinions than Mahommed Ali. l
have, as you may suppose, not been mat.
,entive 10 the present state OF Egypt, and
the character of its celebrated Ruler. The
result of my observations and inquiries is,
that Egypt is rapidly progressing in civ.
iizalon, and that the Pasha is one of the
abest and most extraordinary men of the
present day. He is both vilIfed and Gu
logized in no measured terms. The fact
IS, different people judge him by different
standards. Tested by European clvlllza-
ZION and christian morality, he is a selfish
sanguinary tyrant. But, when you re-
collect, that he was brought up, almost a
savage, and that he was forty years old
loc,ra no could write his name And
when you compare him with other Turk
ish governors, you are astonished at the
extent of his views, the liberality of his