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pounds of cotton ; the receipt into the pubhc chest was Second 



Journey. 



five hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and 



fifty- six guilders ; the pubhc expenditure, four hundred 

 and fifty-one thousand six hundred and three guilders. 



Slavery can never be defended ; he whose heart is not Slavery, 

 of iron can never wish to be able to defend it : Avhile he 

 heaves a sigh for the poor negro in captivity, he wishes 

 from his soul that the traffic had been stifled in its birth ; 

 but, unfortunately, the governments of Europe nourished 

 it, and now that they are exerting themselves to do away the 

 evil, and ensure liberty to the sons of Africa, the situation 

 of the plantation slaves is depicted as truly deplorable, 

 and their condition wretched. It is not so. A Bri- 

 ton's heart, proverbially kind and generous, is not 

 changed by climate, or its streams of compassion dried 

 up by the scorching heat of a Demerara sun ; he cheers 

 his negroes in labour, comforts them in sickness, is kind 

 to them in old age, and never forgets that they are his 

 fellow-creatures. 



Instances of cruelty and depravity certainly occur 

 here as well as all the world over ; but the edicts of the 

 colonial government are well calculated to prevent them ; 

 and the British planter, except here and there one, feels 

 for the wrongs done to a poor ill-treated slave, and 

 shows that his heart grieves for him by causing imme- 

 diate redress, and preventing a repetition. 



Long may ye flourish, peaceful and liberal inhabitants 



