EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



By his refidence amongft them. With a truly heroic 

 fpirit he comforted his accomplice, who was a German, 

 and, tied down by his fide, juft ready to receive the 

 dreadful blows, he exhorted him to preferve his cou- 

 rage ; adding, that the voyage of life W'ould foon be 

 over, while his own bones were breaking by the execu- 

 tioner with an iron bar. 



The ring-leading negroes were roafted alive by half 

 dozens in a fliocking manner, being chained to ftakes in 

 the midft of furrounding flames, and expired without 

 "Uttering a groan or a figh. The miferable fate of fo 

 many poor wretches excited great commiferation ; and 

 it is impoffible to reflect, without the ftrongeft feelings 

 of indignation, on a puniihment fo fliocking to huma- 

 nity, infli6led upon men, the moft of whom were drove 

 to mifcondu6l. by tyranny and oppreflion. But at the 

 fame time I fliall ever think it my duty to fupport that 

 the ftri6left difcipline and fubordination (when tempered 

 by jujiice) is abfolutely neceffary amongft all large bodies 

 of people, of whatever clafs or defcription, not only for 

 the good of the public in general, but as the fureft means 

 of avoiding feverity on the individual (the ufual confe- 

 quence of too much lenity) and of being painfully ob- 

 liged to eftablifl.1 good order at laft by a perpetual round, 



of reludlant rigour and chaftifemenr,: We will now 



leave thefe fable fcenes, and point out what happened in 

 the colony of Surinam, during its ihort and flouriihing 

 flate. 



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