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Show 152 THE CON'l'H.AST. . . . the ·uxta-position of the two races While tt ts obvwus that Jd d it is to me equally evident . d nnot beavot e I alrea·d y extsts, an .c.a o f that . t ost'tion lies in the relations JUX a-p • that the true dangei . 1 . they arc opposed to the These are unnatma , of slavery1. f right and th ey c,o ntain • in themselves, the seeds etern. al ru e 0 ' . Abolish them therefore in faith; 1 . and confuswn. . . . of vw ence 1 ·ons an equality of pohttca\ nght, 1 men of all camp ext ' besdt owwh OaJt ·i s the consequence ~. The whole popu. la.t ion, is thro.w n an the operalt.o n of natura1 an d legitima. te. pnnctples of actwn, ovne r man fi,nds Iu.s own J.U S1 level ' rehgwn spreads under the bea nnye r of free d om, and aJ l is quietness ' or.d er and peache . hS uch is the Jot of the British West Indian colomes; and s~IC 'I um- bly but ardent1 y h ope, WI.1 1 soon be the happy conditiOn of every 0110. of the United States. I. am, &c., &c. LETTER XIII. CUBA. Providence, R. 1, .Seventh-rnonth (July) 1st, 1840. MT DRJ.R FRIBND, When we sailed away from Jamaica, as mentioned in a former Jetter, we soon found that we were in the midst of an agreeable and interesting company. 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, courteous manners, and as we have every reason to believe, sound moral 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 Carlisi General, he was sitting, with the handkerchief bound about his eyes, on the pcint of being pnblicly shot, when the tables were suddenly tumed, and his rescue was effected. Singular indeed are the providential circumstances which from time to time, turned up for his deliverance, often throngh the intervention of intrepid 1oomen, and he is now one of the most respected and useful servants of the Queen Regent. Of the accomplished education, liberal views, and benevolent intentions, of that royal lady, he gave us an excellent account.-Of course, we did not fail to implore the exertion of his influence with her, for the actual suppression, of their already legally abolished slave trade. Our voyage was one of nine days, and although of longer duration, than it was reasonable to expect, was remarkably |