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which as an inevitable consequence follows — “ black 
man famished away.” If, then, this appears a 
necessary result of the unjust, barbarous, unchristian 
mode of colonization pursued in New Holland, over- 
looking the other incidental, and more pointedly 
aggravating provocations, to the coloured man, asso- 
ciated with that system, how natural, in his case, is 
an enmity which occasionally visits some of the 
usurping race with death! We call the offence in 
him murder ; but let the occasion be only examined, 
and we must discover that, in so designating it, we 
are imposing geographical, or national restrictions, 
upon the virtue of patriotism ; or that in the mani- 
festations of that principle, we make no allowances 
for the influence on its features of the relative degra- 
dation or elevation of those among whom it is met. 
“ Our present colonization system renders the 
native and the colonizing races from necessity 
belligerents ; and there can be no real peace, no real 
amity, no mutual security, so long as that system 
is not substituted by one reconciling the interest of 
both races. Colonists will fall before the spears and 
the waddies of incensed Aborigines, and they in 
return will be made the victims of “ summary 
justice.” 
“ In cases of executive difficulty, the force of 
popular prejudice will be apt to be too strong for 
the best intentioned Governor to withstand it ; 
Europeans will have sustained injury ; the strict 
forms of legal j ustice may be found of difficult ap- 
