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wilt, still, Slavery, thou art a bitter draught!" Whether the titled 

 slave is a favourite of royally, clothed with purple and fine linen, 

 and faring sumptuously every day, or whether like my little An- 

 jengo captives, their wardrobe and. monthly sustenance amount 

 only to a few rupees, still the tender lies of parental, filial, and 

 fraternal affection are dissolved; all the domestic pleasures of youth 

 destroyed, and many other painful deprivations accompany the 

 galling chain : such must be the case of slavery even in its best 

 estate. I have witnessed the cruel treatment of the Portugueze 

 slaves in the planlations of South America, and conversed with 

 slaves who filled a high station in India: the latter, no doubt, have 

 most reason to be satisfied ; but an English cottager is a happier 

 man. Liberty is his birthright, it sweetens the most homely meal, 

 and gives a zest to every enjoyment, beyond all the favours which 

 an imperial despot can lavish on his fettered minion. 



I know not where to find a more just portrait of an Asiatic 

 sovereign than that presented by a young man to Darius, king of 

 Persia, as it was delivered to the monarch himself when surrounded 

 by all the princes, governors, and chief officers of Persia and Me- 

 dia. It certainly was not intended to display despotism in its worst 

 light, but rather to represent the great king in the fairest point of 

 view. I introduce it as a true picture of an Asiatic prince at this 

 day, and of one far more amiable than the nabob of Cambay. 



" O ye men, do not men excel in strength, that bear rule over 

 sea and land, and all things in them? But yet the king is more 

 mighty, for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over 

 them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do. If he bid 

 them make war one against another they do it; if he send them 



