ants of those liberties which they were wont to extend unto them, lest they should be decoyed away by those unprincipled wretches, who have shown themselves alike the enemies of both master and slave. It has also prevented, in a multitude of instances, masters from learning their slaves to read — a blessing which many a Christian master would gladly have extended to his slaves, had he not been thus prevented.
To the slaves we would say, regard not the abolitionist as your friend, for such he is far from being. The best friend you have on earth is a kind master or mistress, whom you can all Secure by faithfully doing your duty. Serve them faithfully, be content with your lot, and give no heed to those who would take you from your homes, and God will reward you for it.
We once supposed that the principle upon which the abolitionists acted in the matter of negro emancipation, was a good and virtuous principle; but long have we had reason to think otherwise. The leaders of this unhallowed faction are bold to assert, that to better the condition of the black man is not their object. To free the soil of what they term the odium of slavery, is the end and aim of all their operations; and whether this improve or injure the condition of the black man, is a matter about which they care not. Clear the soil of the stain of slavery, is the cry, no matter how great the cost, or how vast the sacrifice. If a division of the union of the states, or civil war, be the result, let it come, we heed it not. Thus are we forced to believe, that, of all the factions and evil
