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as &quot; That is true,,&quot; and other signs of assent, but no 

 loud cries and sobs, such as I had heard in a white Me 

 thodist church in Montgomery, Alabama, It appeared 

 from his explanation of &quot; Whose superscription is 

 this ? &quot; that he supposed the piece of money to be a 

 dollar note, to which Crcsar had put his signature. 

 He spoke of our ancestors in the garden of Eden in 

 a manner that left no doubt of his agreeing with Dr. 

 Prichard, that we all came from one pair, a theory to 

 which, for my own part, I could never see any ethno 

 logical or physiological objection, provided time 

 enough be allowed for the slow growth of races; 

 though I once heard Mr. A. TV. Schlegel, at Bonn, pro 

 nounce it to be a heresy, especially in an Englishman 

 who had read the &quot; Paradise Lost.&quot; &quot; I could have 

 pardoned Prichard,&quot; said the Professor, &quot;for believing 

 that Adam was the forefather of all the Africans, had 

 he only conceded that ( the fairest of her daughters, 

 Eve, never could have been a negress.&quot; 



Towards the close of the discourse, the minister 

 said &quot; that a protracted meeting would soon be held ; 

 but such assemblies were, in his judgment, becom 

 ing too frequent.&quot; He also announced that on 

 Easter Sunday there would be a love-feast, which no 

 doubt would be very crowded, &quot; and where I hope you 

 will all enjoy yourselves.&quot; He then said, &quot; Sirs and 

 Madams, I have now to warn you of a serious matter, 

 but I see many of you are nodding, and let every 

 one wake up his neighbour. The sexton, poor man, 

 has more than he can do.&quot; This official, by the 

 way, had been administering with his cane many ad 

 monitory taps on the heads of the younger part of 



