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we are entitled to predict, that in a very few years 

 more, no European banner will be seen to float in 

 any part of the new world. Let us take a cursory 

 view of it. 



England some years ago possessed a large por- 

 tion of the present United States. France had 

 Louisiana; Spain held the Floridas, Mexico, 

 Darien, Terra Firma, Buenos Ayres, Paraguay, 

 Chili, Peru, and California; and Portugal ruled 

 the whole of Brazil. All these immense regions 

 are now independent states. England, to be sure, 

 still has Canada, Nova Scotia, and a few creeks 

 on the coast of Labrador; also a small settle- 

 ment in Honduras, and the wilds of Demerara and 

 Essequibo; and these are all. France has not a 

 foot of ground except the forests of Cayenne. 

 Portugal has lost every province; Spain is 

 blockaded in nearly her last citadel ; and the Dutch 

 flag is only seen in Surinam. Nothing more now 

 remains to Europe of this immense continent, 

 where, but a very few years ago, she reigned 

 triumphant. 



With regard to the West India Islands, they 

 may be considered as the mere outposts of this 

 mammoth domain. St. Domingo has already 

 shaken off her old masters, and become a star of 

 observation to the rest of the sable brethren. 

 The anti-slavery associations of England, full of 

 benevolence and activity, have opened a tremen- 

 dous battery upon the last remaining forts, which 

 the lords of the old continent still hold in the new 

 world ; and, in all probability, will not cease firing 

 till they shall have caused the last flag to be 

 struck, of Europe's late mighty empire in the 



