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to above. The more direct process of emanci.
patton may, no doubt, be earlier commenced nd
qulckened in some communities than in Others.
Each. do not question, has the right to Judge
tor itself. bOh as To the time and means, and |
consider Interference CT aid from without es-
ccpt on invitation from authority within. to be
as hur,ful to the sure progress OF aneloration,
as it may be fatal TO the lives of vast multtudes
OF all ages, sexes and colors. The work of
all liberation cannot be forced without such hor-
rid results. Christian philanthropy is ever mild
and considerate. Hence all violence ought to
be deprecated by the friends OF religion and hu.
manity. Their pers uasions cannot fail, at the
right time, to free the master from the slave,
and the slave from the master perhaps be fore
the latter shall have found out and acknow-
edged that the relation between the parties had
long been mutually prejudicial to their worldly
interests.
There is no evil without. in the order of Pro-
violence, some compensating benefit. The
bleeding African was torn from his savage
home by his ieroclous neighbors, sold into
slavery, and cast upon this continent. Here.
IN the mild South, the race has wonderfully
multiplied, compared with any thing ever
known III barbaIous life. The defendants of a
few thousands have become many millions
and all, from the first made acquainted with
the arts OF civilization, and, above all, brought
under the light Of the Gospel.
From the promise made to Abraham, some
two thousand years had elapsed before the ad-
vent of our Savior, and the Isracltes, the
chosen people of God, were, for wise purpo cs
suffered to remain in bondage longer than the
| Africans have been on our shore. This race
has already experienced the resulting compcn-
satlons alluded 10 and, as the white missiona-
ry has never been able to penetrate the dark
regions of Africa, or to establish himself in its
interior, it may be within the scheme of Proyi-
dencc that the great work of spreading the Cos
! pei over that vast continent, with all the arts
and comforts Of civilization, is to b. finally &C.
complished by the black man restored from
American bondage. A foothold there has al
ready been gained for him, AMI in such Q
scheme centuries are but as seconds to hin
who moves worlds as man moves Il finger.
do but suggest the remedies and consoa
tons OF slavery, to inspire patience, hope, an(
charity on all sides. The mighty subject call.
for the exercise Of all mans wisdom and virtue
and these may not suffice without aid from
higher source.
1t is in the foregoing manner, my dear sir
that have long been in the habit, in CONVEX
sation, of expressing myself, over all our com
mon country, OH the question of negro slavery
and | must say that | have found but very few
persons to differ with me, however opposlt,
their geographical positions.
Such are the views or opinions which yol
seek. | cannot suppress or mutjlatc them, al
though now liable to be more generally known
DO with them what you please. | neither cour
nor shun publicity.
| remain, very truly, yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
r. p. ATKINSON, Esq, Danville, Virginia