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Show 198 TilE cONTRAST. but that ])ower will be conservative, course increase; and not dcstrncti vc. . 1'h at t I1 e pos1' t'l Oll of things wh1ch • I h.a ve now . l .1 d . .· ·t· g in the West lnd1es, 1s one of ( CSCrl JC as exlS 111 . I 1 I Safety cannot reasonably be dc111cd. 1arm cssness an( ' . ' E xpen.e ncc h as alreacly proved it t.o be s.o to a con- 'd bl t t Nor can I perccn'G a ~mgle sound 81 era e ex en · ,r eason wh y 1't should he otherwise, were it tried in the slave states of your own union. While it is obvious that the juxta-position of the two races already exists, and cannot be avoided, it is to me equally evident that the true danger of that juxta-position, lies in the relations of slavery. These are unnatural; they are opposed to the eternal rule of right, and they contain in themselves the. seeds .of violence and confusion. Often have they g1ven r1sc to partial insurrections in America, as they used to do in the British W est Indies. Abolish them therefore in faith; bestow on men of all complexions an equality of political right, and what is the consrqu.ence 1 The whole population is thrown on the operat10n of natural and legitimate principles of action, every man finds his own just level, religion spreads under the banner of freedom, and all is quietness, order, and peace. Such is the lot of the British West Indian colonies; and such, I humbly, but ardently hope, will soon be the happy condition of every one of the United States. I am, &c. &c. LETTER. XIII. CUBA. p,.ovidence, ll. I . Seventlt 'montlt (July) 1st, 1840. Mv DEAR FRIEND, When we sailed away from Jamaica, as mentioned in a former lett•~r, we soon found that we were in the m. idst of an agreeable and interesting co mpany. It consisted of Samuel B. Parsons, a young friend of ours from New York, who had met us in Jamaica, twenty·two other Americans, including several amiable women, on their return from Santa Cruz to their native shores, and our Spanish friend Cabrera, who was well able to converse with us, both in French and English. He is a person of remarkable intelligence, cm~rteous manners, and, as we have every reason to believe, sound, ~oral and religious principle. During the awful conflicts by which Spain has of late years been so fearfully convulsed, he has been seven times condemned to death. Once, by the decree of a Carlist General, he was sitting, with the handkerchief bound about his eyes, on the point of being publicly shot, when t~1e tables were sudden! y turned, and his rescue was eftected. Singular indeed are the providential |