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taken place, 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 

 portion 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 

 settlement in Honduras, and the wilds of Deme- 

 rara 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 



