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archs, who fed their flocks and their herds, journeying 
from place to place, and forming amongst themselves a 
fraternity, where every member was a brother or a sister, 
and over whom one common interest threw the mantle of 
affection! Such were the Madegasses amidst all their 
superstitions, till poisoned by the breath of Europeans. 
Then the box of Pandora was opened, and all the baneful 
passions, which were latent in their breasts, were called 
into exercisebut we will shun the horrid picture, and 
rather congratulate them upon their happy emancipation— 
not doubting but that the Almighty has blessings in store 
for them, which will amply compensate for the ages of 
suffering through which they have passed. 
Nor can we forbear to congratulate our country, which 
has thus taken by the hand, and raised, as it were, from the 
dead, a noble and generous, but abused, insulted, and 
betrayed people; and we are convinced, that every one 
who has a British heart, will feel himself elevated, at least 
one degree, in the scale of moral worth, by the generous 
part his country has taken in this affair. What pecuniary 
advantage is adequate to the pleasure of thus bestowing 
happiness ?—What selfish considerations are equal to the 
satisfaction of having rescued our fellow-creatures from 
misery? Much still, it is true, remains to be done; but 
we are convinced, that He who has begun the work, will 
himself raise the means and instruments to complete it. 
FINIS. 
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