SSS ee eee 
316 = P.S. to the Appendix to the 
this (and the conceffion is very ample) 5 
ftill the unlawfulnefs of the flave-trade, 
and the depravity and wretchednefs to 
which it leads, might furely be demon- 
ftrated on the fingle ground of the above 
fact. 
For what, purpofe, I would afk, has the 
divine Being implanted in the human heart 
thofe delicate fympathies that unite indi- 
viduals to each other ? Was it to refineand 
dignify the marriage-contract ? Was it to 
engageto the due performance of the rela- 
tive duties of parentand child,of brother and 
fitter, of friendfhip, of neighbourhood, and 
of country? Was it to foften thecares, to 
‘alleviate the anxieties, and to lighten the 
burdens which in the prefent ftate, all in 
their meafure, are doomed to bear* ? Was 
it that we might rife from felfifh to focial ? 
That by exciting and calling into exercife 
the kind and benevolent, affections, we 
might lofe, in fome meafure, the fenfe of 
our own forrows, by participating in and 
promoting the virtue and happinefs of 
others? In fine, was it that by continual 
approximation to the fublime virtue of 
Him, ‘* who went about doing good,” we 
might be fitted for ‘* glory and honour 
and immortality ?”? Were thefe, Mr. Edi- 
tor, fome of the important ends for which 
the fympathetic affections were implanted 
in the human breaft, and muft they all 
be for ever facrificed, that the fordid 
planter may amafs more wealth, and that 
‘the fons and daughters of iuxury may riot 
in profufion and licentious pleafure ?—For 
purpofes like thefe, muft the helplefs in- 
fant be torn from the breaft_of the agoniz- 
ing parent? For this, muft all the tender 
ties be broken that affimilate man to man, 
and which render him fuperior to the 
wild beaft of the defert? For this, mutt 
all hope of the moral improventent and me- 
lioration of chara&ter af a whole race of 
rational beings be abandoned? For pur- 
pofes like thefe, muft the cup of milery be 
drained, by the wretched African, even 
to the very dregs ? 
How long will an enlightened legiflature, 
engaged ina bloody warfare, as it 1s afirm- 
ed, for the eftablifhment of law, religion, 
and focial order, endure this?—But we 
fhall be told, that Britain has no power over ° 
the ftates of South Carolina or Georgia ; 
that her parliament cannot control the 
enormities of their planters, or check tifcir 

* Each has his fufferings, all are nfen, 
Compell’d alike to groan ; 
The feeling, for another’s pain; 
h’ unfeeling, for his ‘owa. 
Supplement to the, Sc. [May 1, 
inordinate purfuit of wealth. Is it, then, 
in thefe ftates ovly, that fuch enormity is 
praétifed ? What reply could our own Weft 
India iflands make to the interrogation ? 
When the Jewith prophet of old had _ 
enumerated the vices of his countrymen, 
and; lamented over them, in what lan- 
uage did he denounce the dreadful refult ? 
<¢ +Shall I not vifit for thefe things, faith 
the Lord: and fhall not my foul be aven- 
ged on a nation like this ?”” 
Feb. 23, 1800. | 
— ‘ 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
EXTRACT from the POSTSCRIPT fo the 
APPENDIX to the SUPPLEMENT fo the 
APOLOGY for the BELIEVERS in the 
SHAKESPEARE MANUSCRIPTS. 
By the Author of the faid Apology, the faid 
Supplement, and the faid Appendix. 
HE rapid fale and extenfive circula- 
tion of the Apology, of the Supple- 
ment to the Apology, and of the Appen- 
dix to the Supplement to the Apology, 
have induced the learned author to print 
another, entitled, “‘ A Poftfcript to the 
Appendix to the Supplement to the Apo- 
logy, &c.” which, as being a pof/cript, 
is a work more voluminous than any of 
the former, confifting of a huge volume. 
in folio, of 2497 pages, beft foolfcap, 
printed on a brevier type. The author, 
however, for a reafon not very eafily com- 
prehended, has not thought proper to 
publifh this work; but, as we have been 
tavoured with a prefentation copy, we: 
think it our duty to exhibit an extraé 
from it, and aré convinced that by fo do- 
ing, we fhall confer upon our readers a 
fingular obligation, as well as do honour 
to the learned author, whofe unbounded © 
knowledge, extenfive reading, aptnefs of 
quotation, and verfatility of talents, were 
never perhaps fo felicitoufly difplayed as 
in the extraét we are about to fubmit to 
the public. 
We have taken it from p. 1297, where 
the author, after chaftifing Mr. Matthias 
again as the author of the “* Purfuits of 
Literature,’ takes into confideration that 
expreffion of the {aid author, which has 
made fo'much noifé m the world, the leaden 
mace. Mr. C. proceeds : 
Page 1297. ** Of lead and its properties 
it may now be fit that I fay fomething to 
confound the malice of my enemies ; and ~ 
they will be feniible of this when I inform 
them of what (proh pudor!) they feem to 
+ Jeremiah, jx..9, + 
be 
