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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 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 in 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 tremendous 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 transatlantic regions. 

 It cannot well be doubted, but that the sable hordes in 

 the West Indies will like to follow good example, when- 

 ever they shall have it in their power to do so. 



Now, with St. Domingo as an example before them, 

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