spects and Prosperity
CHAPTER XXI.
_A Cataract and a Celebration_.
FROM TORONTO TO NEW YORK.
Embark in Steamer
QUEENSTOWN & LEWISTOWN
A Drive, a Bait, and a Lesson
NIAGARA and Moonlight
BATAVIA, GENESEO, and 4th July
Hawking Carriages--ROCHESTER
ALBANY--Hands and Sandwiches
Dropped outside--NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXII.
_Education, Civil and Military_.
NEW YORK AND WEST POINT.
Free Academy
WEST POINT. Military Academy
Anecdote, &c.
NEW YORK
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Here travelling ceases, and the remaining Chapters are devoted to the
discussion of subjects which I trust may interest the reader.
CHAPTER XXIII.
_Watery Highways and Metallic Intercourse_.
Area of Lakes, and Tonnage thereon
Mississippi--Produce borne and destroyed
Mr. Douglas and Custom Houses
A Great Party Doctrine
Erie Canal--Barn-burners and Hunkers
Railways--United States and England
Telegraph
Systems of Telegraph
CHAPTER XXIV.
_America's Press and England's Censor_.
Issues of the Press
Wonderful Statistics
Character of the Press
Great Britain's Press
Low Literature of America
Barefaced Robbery--_Northwood_ Specimen
_English Items_ Specimen
The Author of _English Items_
SUBJECTS EXTRACTED:--
Relations with England
Sixpenny Miracles
Army Commissions--English Writers
American Spitting
Holy Places
English Friends
Original Sin
English Manners
English Church and Heraldry
Devotion to Dinner
Conclusion
Subsequent Career of Mr. Ward--The Offence--The Scene and the Death
Acquittal and Effects
CHAPTER XXV.
_The Institution of Slavery_.
Original Guilt
Northern Fanatics
Irritation produced
Northern Friendship questioned
Grounds of Southerners' Objections to the Abolitionists
English Abolitionists
Mrs. Stowe's Ovation
Treatment of Slaves
Irresponsible Power and Public Opinion
Sources of Opinion as to Treatment of Slaves--Law--Self-interest
Christianity
Habit
Causes of Indignation
Recrimination
Evidence from Authors--Press and Canada
Review of Progress of Slavery
Slave Population and Value
Question of Freedom
CHAPTER XXVI.
_Hints for Master and Hopes for Slave_.
PROPOSALS.
Free Soil
Fugitive Law
Territory of Refuge
TREATMENT DISCUSSED.
Corporal Punishment
Forfeiture and Testimony
System for Ultimate Freedom
The Blackest Feature in Slavery
VISIONARY DEPUTATION
Inveterate Slaveholder
Touchy Slaveholder, and Swaggerin
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