THE WESTERN COAST. 
of regret to the friends of humanity. It may, 
however, be regretted, that the indefatigable exer- 
tions and powerful talents of the gallant Beaver, 
which enabled him so long to maintain an ascen- 
dancy among such an irregular, mutinous, and dis- 
orderly band, in a situation of such difficulty and 
danger, were crowned with no better success. His 
conduct continually reminds us of the intrepid 
courage of Captain Standish, the founder of the 
colony of New England, the invincible fortitude 
of Captain Smith, who planted Virginia, and the 
energy of that Benyowsky, who must be number- 
ed among the most extraordinary characters of his 
age, whether the variety and danger of his adven- 
tures, or the vigour and capacity of his mind, be 
considered. At his return to England, the Bu- 
lama Association, sensible of the value of these 
exertions, unanimously voted that a gold medal 
should be given to Mr Beaver, as a testimony of 
their sense of the ability, zeal, activity, and perse- 
verance, with which, under many difficulties, he had 
conducted the affairs of the colony. 
From the discovery of Western Africa by the 
Portuguese, to the latter part of the 18th cen- 
tury, the same iniquitous commercial principles 
continued to regulate the intercourse of white 
men with their sable brethren, to degrade the 
negro, and to disgrace the European. The im- 
