the many obstacles in the way of doing it in this
land, he feels bound by a regard to what he owes himself--his
children--his country, and even his slaves themselves, not to
emancipate them. For he is sure, that, by emancipation, he will
only add to the wretchedness of the one, and at the same time
put at imminent hazard the dearest interests of the other. Thus
he is forced to refrain from manumission, and not only so, but
against all his benevolent inclinations, he is forced to
co-operate with his fellow-citizens in sustaining the present
system of slavery. He would most cheerfully follow the impulse
of his noblest feelings--he would remove the curse which the
short-sighted policy of his fathers entailed upon him; but he
cannot disregard the first law of nature; especially not, when,
were he to do it, he would render the _curse_ still more
calamitous in its consequences.'--[An advocate of the
Colonization Society in the Middletown (Connecticut) Gazette.]

'Slavery is indeed a curse; and bitter is the lot of him who is
born with slaves on his hands. And now, instead of denouncing as
inhuman and unmerciful monsters and tyrants, those who are thus
_unfortunate_, I say, let the commiseration and pity of every
good citizen and christian in the land be excited, and let
fervent prayers be offered in their behalf, and that God would
direct the whole American mind to the adoption of the most
effectual measures for the accomplishment of the total abolition
of slavery.'--[New-Haven Religious Intelligencer for July 16,
1831.]

'Special reference will also be had to the condition and wishes
of the slave States. In most of them it is a prevailing
sentiment, that it is not safe to furnish slaves with the means
of instruction. Much as we lament the reasons for this
sentiment, and the _apparent necessity_ of keeping a single
fellow creature in ignorance, we willingly leave to others the
consideration and the remedy of this evil, in view of the
overwhelming magnitude of the remaining objects before
us.'--[Address of the Board of Managers of the African Education
Society of the United States.]

'And when we [of New-England] did emancipate our slaves, we were
driven to the measure by the force of example; and we did not do
it until it was found quite convenient; and then what pr