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An Essay.
CONTINUED.


"CeAfsrs in Heaven, end we are on the
earth. where nothing lives but crosses. greit
and csse." SuAnsYEASs.
How often since | have been en-
pioyed in this work has the hour
been midnight; darkness and soIi-
tuae holding their EMPIRE" not 4
sound to be heard but the watch
dogs voice" and the stentorophonIc
breathing of 4 servant, who occu.
pies the same apartment; and how Of
Ten at that gloomy hour, have re-
pea;ed The following passages from
some OF Il distinguished Bards?
"Oh thou dull God, why lest thou
with the vile! Sleep! gentle sleep!
Natures soft muse, How have ] az
trighted thee, that thou no more will
weigh my eyelids down and steep
my senses III oblivion; "Canst ihou
oh! partial sleep give thy reposc to
the wet sea-boy In Tie IudeSt storm!
And in the ~stilIesl night,-and viii.
all appliances and means 10 boot, &c.
ny it 10 q King. "All night re
losses, nor the balmy power in any
posture finds, til the pale morn lights
her pale luS,re on the paier wretch,
The question then arises; Why
Should my servant be INDUCING kind
natures sweet restoger balmy sleep"
whilst u am scared by the hideous
spirit Of unrest?
The answer is a. EieaG: H is q
c%orporsal, and al intellectual ami
nal. From the organization of his
brain (the immediate instrumen, of
the mind, and illustrated in another
chapter Of this work he is snoring
81, 40. the oppression Of Thought,
but OF Aliment.
Thrice happy servant, in posses
sion Of a mind never YET goaded by
the passions of ayarice and ambition
passion ever in active operation
- disturb the tranquility and repose
Of the Educated and Intelligent.
From your mental organization.
80 temple Of Honour and Fame is
forever closed against you.
Why then, should your con,ented-
ness Of disposition, and comparative
~ happy mental organization, and
Jour affection for and fidelity to your
owner, be assailed by European
Repolutionists and Yankee Fanatics?
Rest assured negro, that the coalition
to which ! have alluded, was never
organized until the design of either
accomplishing your infranchisement,
or securicg your happiness!
The object and the end of that
ie.i coalition, is TO reyoiutionise the
political institutions of the South
10 convert your masters into .'Hew-
ers Of Wood and drawers of Water"
and they will know, that their base
design cannot be effected wi,hou,
your cooperation.
The writer OF these memoirs is a
native OF lower Virginia, and for the
last twenty years has been a slave.
holder, and consequently has had eve
~ opportunity, OF observing the
character of the Negro.
10 1928 he wrote an Essay on
Melancholy, which was published IL
the "Medical Recorder" (see volume
the 9th, page SOS OF that Journal
AID in which, he used the following
language in regard to the compara-
live happiness of the white and black
man. IF some persons are more
predlsposed to attacks of this disease
than others, it would seem, thew are
those OF s~ensibili:y acute and tender,
and of imagination lively and luxuri.
ant; Philosophers and Poets being
more especially lis victims. The dis.
ease evidently mulliples with the ad-
vancemeni of Civilization, Litera-
ture and Refinement. II is seldom
found amongst the labouring portion
OF the wh'te community, and it is a
fact too important to be passed over
IN silence, that in my dill gent obser-
vatlons and enquiries, | have never
seen, nor heard of q solitary case of
The Malady amongst the negroes Of
this State. Destitute of education
and lnsusceptible of refnement.-
their feelings are of a character rath.
er sensual than mental, forI have
never yet seen one, labouring under
load OF intellectual anguish, or NOR.
alcompuncilon! Certain of the real
ihe reader will bear in mind that The
dydrabead Monster Aboitioai.m. b,d not