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Fourth examine. The more they consider it, the more they 



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will be astonished. If we may judge by what has already 



taken place, we are entitled to predict, that in a very 

 few years more, no European banner will be seen to float 

 in any part of the new world. Let us take a cursory 

 view of it. 



England some years ago possessed a large portion of 

 the present United States. France had Louisiana; Spain 

 held the Floridas, Mexico, Darien, Terra Firma, Buenos 

 Ayres, Paraguay, Chili, Peru, and California ; and Por- 

 tugal ruled the whole of Brazil. All these immense 

 regions are now independent states. England, to be 

 sure, still has Canada, Nova Scotia, and a few creeks on 

 the coast of Labrador; also a small settlement in Honduras, 

 and the wilds of Demerara and Essequibo ; and these are 

 all. France has not a foot of ground, except the forests of 

 Cayenne. Portugal has lost every province ; Spain is 

 blockaded in nearly her last citadel ; and the Dutch flag 

 is only seen in Surinam. Nothing more now remains to 

 Europe of this immense continent, where, but a very few 

 years ago, she reigned triumphant. 



With regard to the West India Islands, they may be 

 considered as the mere outposts of this Mammoth domain. 

 St. Domingo has already shaken off her old masters, and 

 become a star of observation to the rest of the sable 

 brethren. The anti-slavery associations of England, full 

 of benevolence and activity, have opened a tremendous 



