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the whole was lost : and thus all the power 

 of government has become vested in the 

 native Americans. The latter, therefore, 

 must now in their turn conciliate the other 

 classes, in order the more firmly to secure 

 their own authority, by uniting the whole 

 population, from a sense of the superior 

 advantages which they enjoy, in its sup- 

 port and defence. 



This, from the varied nature of the popu- 

 lation, and especially from the feelings 

 which exist respecting colour, is, perhaps, 

 not a very easy task. The independence, 

 however, of the country, and its separation 

 into distinct states, afford means of opening 

 advantages to all classes of the commu- 

 nity; which, rightly applied, may in time 

 attain every object that can be sought for, 

 with reference to the establishment of firm 

 and popular governments. 



