teach to
the nations of the old world, that as people are really the source of
power, government should be confided to them. Already have the
beneficial effects of this example been manifested, and the present
condition of Europe clearly shows, that the lamp of liberty, which was
lighted here, has burned with a brilliancy so steady as to have
reflected its light across the Atlantic. Whether it will be there
permitted to shine, is somewhat problematical. But should a "holy
alliance of legitimates" extinguish it, it will be but for a season.
Kings, Emperors and Priests cannot succeed much longer in staying the
march of freedom. The people are sensibly alive to the oppression of
their rulers--they have groaned beneath the burden 'till it has become
too intolerable to be borne; and they are now speaking in a voice
which will make tyrants tremble on their throne.

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[1] The author errs somewhat in his review of the voyages of
the Cabots. In 1497, John set out to reach Asia by way of the
north-west, and sighted Cape Breton, for which the generous
king gave him L10 and blessed him with "great honours." In
1498, Sebastian's voyage was intended to supplement his
father's; his exploration of the coast extended down to the
vicinity of Chesapeake Bay.--R. G. T.

[2] This refers to the explorations of Jacques Cartier. But
as early as 1534 Cartier sailed up the estuary of the St.
Lawrence "until land could be seen on either side;" the
following year he ascended the river as far as the La Chine
rapids, and wintered upon the island mountain there which he
named Mont Real. It was in 1541 that he made his third voyage,
and built a fort at Quebec. The author's reference, a few lines
below, to a "Spanish sailor" in the St. Lawrence, is the result
of confusion over Cartier's first voyages; Cortereal was at
Newfoundland for the Portuguese in 1500; and Gomez for Spain in
1525.--R. G. T.

[3] The author wrote at too early a date to have the benefit
of Parkman's researches. La Salle had probably discovered the
Ohio River four years before the voyage of Joliet and
Marquette.--R. G. T.

[4] It is said, that Georgia, at an early period of her
colonial existence, endeavored by legislative enactment to
prevent the importation of slaves into her territory, but that
the King of