carlyle's remedy. 



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ground ; him and all that partake with him, — perhaps in 

 a very terrible manner. For, under favor of Exeter Hall, 

 the 'terrible manner' is not yet quite extinct with the 

 Destinies in this Universe ; nor will it quite cease, I appre- 

 hend, for soft sawder or philanthropic stump-oratory now 

 or henceforth. No ; the gods wish besides pumpkins, that 

 spices and valuable products be grown in their West 

 Indies ; thus much they have so declared in making the 

 West Indies : — infinitely more they wish, that manful in- 

 dustrious men occupy their West Indies, not indolent two- 

 legged cattle, however 4 happy ' over their abundant pump- 

 kins ! Both these thing, we may be assured, the immortal 

 gods have decided upon, passed their eternal act of parlia- 

 ment for : and both of them, though all terrestrial Parlia- 

 ments and entities oppose it to the death, shall be done, 

 Quashee, if he will not help in bringing out the spices , 

 will get himself made a slave again (which state will be a 

 little less ugly than his present one), and with beneficent 

 whip, since other methods avail not, will be compelled to 

 work. ^ ^ & % % % 



You are not 1 slaves ' now ; nor do I wish, if it can be 

 avoided, to see you slaves again : but decidedly you will 

 have to be servants to those that are born wiser than 

 you, that are born lords of you, — servants to the whites, 

 if they are, as what mortal can doubt they are ? born 

 wiser than you. That you may depend upon it my ob- 

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