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His dictate constitutes the Law, from which there 
is no appeal. He therefore ought to govern by 
the Rules of the most impartial justice; and, in 
the distribution of his rewards and punishments, 
to inflict the latter only on full conviction of the 
demerits of the subject, nor suffer himself to be 
guided in the former by caprice or partiality. 
Thus much for his situation in a general point 
of view : we shall now descend more into par¬ 
ticulars.— 
He should, above all things, possess humanity and 
moderat on, with firmness to enforce discipline, and 
punish disobedience. He should possess as much 
of the knowledge of Physic as can be extracted 
from Buchan’s Family Physician ; that is, to know 
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Europe, or the r Agents employed to procure them, thought fit 
to change the term to that of “ Book Keeper,”—(in which, we 
cannot but admit, was an unpardonable departure from candour) 
in order to do away the odium which the previous appellation had 
acquired. Let it not, however, be inferred that we hold the si¬ 
tuation in a way disreputable.— A prudent sober Overseer is a 
highly reputable character; and is a step of the ladder which has 
raised many to the most respectable situations. 
Could I effect a reform, I would call the Chief Director the 
Superintendant ; his subordinate Assistants /^Supervisors; 
and the Driver ( a term I ever held in aversion ) the Overseer : 
the names would then bear some analogy to the Office. 
The Driver, though taken from among the blacks, is an Officer 
of importance and respectability. Two, three, or more may be 
necessary on large Estates.—In fact, the requisites for properly 
filling this station are almost as numerous as those of the Ma* 
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