•^3 ■ extracts from Coxe^s travels, Ji/ly i j; 



" Prince Stanislaus," proceeds our author, " nephew 

 to the king of Poland, has warnrily patronised this plan, 

 and has enfrrvjchised four villages, not far from Warsaw, 

 in which he has not only eina;icipated the peasants from 

 tlieir slaver^, but even condescends to direct their afialrs. 

 He explauied to me, in the most satisfactory manner, that 

 the grant of freedom was no lefs advantageous to the 

 lord*, than to the peasants, provided the former is wil- 

 ling to superintend their conduct for a few years, and to 

 put ' them in a way of acting for themselves ; for such is 

 the ignorance among tlie generality of the boors arising 

 from the abject slavery in which they are held, and so 

 iittje have they been usually left to their own discretion, 

 that few at first are equal to the proper ftianagement of 3 



ferm. From a conviction of these facts, the prince 



eontmues his attention to their concerns •, he visits their 

 cottages, suggests iMproveraents in agriculture, instructs 

 them in the mode of rearing cattle and bees, and points- 

 out the errors into which ignorance and incapacity occasi- 

 onally betray them." 



This leads us to reflect how great an enemy slavery 

 is to the safety.! and happinefs of mjinkind, (as well those 

 who tyrannise, as those who are the objects of tyranny,) 

 as well as to the improvement of the hunwn mind. These 

 persons are certainly highly deserving of esteem, who, devi- 

 ating from the general practice of any country, and break- 

 ing the fetters of education and prejudice, set the cx,- 

 ample of delivering from, bondage any of the human race. / 



* Perhaps such arguments as this, in the mouth of h's uncle, the elo- , 

 ^uerst Stanislaus Augustus, his present majest;, induced a diet co:isi3t'ng 

 of PoliA niii/ify, to admit th? third estate to privileges, fcrmeiJy eajoyerf 

 y'only by ti;^ former} and thus tfiecttd the present wonderful happy revc- 

 lutio;i. . ■ ■ 



