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Show ~ '<rilne nf ~nsti ce iuill ([,nme \VE ru·e conscious of the odium that rests upon us. W c feel that we are wronged ; but we arc not impatient for the righting of our wrongs. W c bide om time. 'rhc men that shall come after us, will do us justice. 'l'he present generation of America cannot "judge righteous judgment," in the case of the uncompromising friends of freedom, religion, and law. · They arc so debaucl10d and blinded by slavery, and by the perverse and low lcleas of freedom, religion, and b .\Y1 which it engenders, that they "call evil good, ancl good evil; put darkness for light, and light for dark· ness; put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," 'l'hey have been living out the lie of slavery so long, and have been, thereby, deadening their consciences so long, as to be now well nigh incapable of perceiving the wide and everlasting distinctions between truth and falsehood. GERRITT S>IITIT. 10* |