| 7 the | wild and in- | human in- | habitants | 7 of the | woods? | 777 to | delegate | 7 to the merciless | Indian, 7 the de- fence of dis- | puted | rights, | 7 and to |

wage the horrors of his | barbarous | war—7 a- | gainst our brethren? | 77 | 77 | 7 My | Lords, | these e- | normities | cry a- | loud | 7 for re- | dress and | punishment. | 77 | But my | Lords | 7 this | barbarous | measure has been de- | fended, | 7 7 | not | only on the principles of policy | 7 and ne- | cessity, | 7 but | also on | those of mo- | rality ; | 7 7 | "for it is | perfectly al- | lowable," | says | Lord Suffolk, | 7"to | use | all the means 7 which | God and | Nature | 7 have | put into our | hands." | 77 | 7 7 | I am as- | tonished, | 71 am shocked, | 7 to hear such | principles con- | fessed; | 77 | 7 to hear them a- | vowed in this | house, | or in this country. | 77 | 77 | 7 My | Lords | 7 I | did not intend to en- | croach so much 7 | 7 on your attention, | 7 7 | but I cannot re- | press my | indig- | na| tion | 77 | 7 I feel my- | self im- | pelled to | speak. | | 7 7 | 77 | 7 My | Lords | 7 we are | called upon | 7 as | members of this | house, | 7 as | men, 7|7 as | Christians, | 7 to pro- | test against | 7 such | horrible bar- | barity ! | 7 7 | 7 7 | "That | God and | nature | 7 have | put into our hands!" | 7 7 | What i- deas of | God and | nature, that | noble | Lord may | enter- | tain, | 7 I | know not; |77| but I know that | such de- | testable | principles | 7 are | equally ab- | horrent | 7 to re- ligion | 7 and hu- | manity. | 77 |77| What 7 | 7 to at- | tribute the sacred | sanction | 7 of | God and | nature | 7 to the massacres | 7 of the | Indian | scalping | knife! | 7 to the savage, torturing| 7and | murdering |7 his un- | hapFy | victims! | 77 | 7 7 | Such | notions | shoek 7 | every

| sentiment of honor. | 77 | 77 | These a- | bominable | principles, 7 and this more a- | bominable a- | vowal of | them, | 7 de- | mand the | most de- | cisive | indig- | nation. | 77 | 77 | 7 I call upon that | right 7 | reverend, 17 and this most | learned | Bench, | 7 to ❘ vindicate 7the re- |ligion of their God 77 to sup- port the | justice of their country. | 77 | 77 | 7 | call upon the | Bishops 7 to inter- pose the un- | sullied | sanctity of their | lawn, |77| upon the | Judges | 7 to | inter- | pose the purity of their ermine, | 7 to | save us from | this pol- | lution. 7 7 7 7 7 I call upon the honor of your lordships, | 7 to | reverence the | dignity of your ancestors and to main- | tain your own. | 77 | 77 | 7 I| call upon the spirit | 7 and hu- | manity |7of my | country, | 7 to vindicate the | national | character. | 7 7 | 7 7 | I invoke the Genius of the | British | consti- | tution. | 77 || | 77 From the tapestry | 7 that a- | dorns | these | walls, | 7 the im- | mortal | ancestor |7of this noble lord frowns with | indignation | 7 at the dis- | grace of his country. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 In | vain did | he de- | fend the | liberty, | 7 and establish the re- | ligion of Britain, 7 a- | gainst the tyranny of | Rome, if these | worse than | Popish | cruelties, | 7 and in- | quisi- | torial | practices, | are en- | dured a- | mong us. | 7 7 7 7 7 To send forth the merciless | Indian, | 7 7 | thirsting for | blood! 7 | | 7a-gainst whom? | 7 7 | your | protestant | brethren! | | 777 to lay 7 waste their country, | 7 to | desolate their dwellings, | 7 and ex- tirpate their | race and name, | 7 by the | aid and | instrumen- | tality of these un- | governable | savages! |77|77| Spain can no longer boast | 7 pre- | eminence | 7 in bar- | barity. | 7 7 7 7 | She | armed herself 7 | with | blood

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hounds 7 to ex- | tirpate the wretched | natives of | Mexico; |77| we, | more | ruthless | loose those | bru| tal | warriors | 7 a- | gainst our countrymen |7 in A- | merica, | 7 en- | deared to us | 7 by | every | tie | 7 that can | sanctify hu- | manity. | 77 | 77 | 7 I | solemnly | call upon your lordships, | and upon | every | order of | men in the | State, | 7 to | stamp upon | this 7 | infamous pro- | cedure | 7 the in- | delible | stigma | 7 of the | public ab- | horrence. | 77 | 7 7 | More par- ticularly, | 7 1 | call upon the venerable | prelates | 7 of our re- | ligion, | 7 to do a- | way this i- | niquity: | 7 7 | let them per- | form a lus-tration | 7 to | purify the country | 7 from this deep 7 | 7 and | deadly | sin. | 77 | 77 |

7 My | Lords, 7 | 7 I am | old | 7 and | weak, | 7 and at | present | 7 un- | able to | say | more; | 7 7 | but my | feelings and-indig- | nation | 7 were | too have allowed me to say | less. | 77 | 77 | 7 could not have | slept 7 | this 7 | night | in my | bed, | 7 nor even re- posed my head | upon my | pillow, |

strong to | |

7 with- | out 7| giving | vent to my | stedfast ab- | horrence 7 of such enormous | 7 and pre- | posterous | prin1 ciples. | 77 | 77 |

ON THE BEING OF A GOD.

Young.

7 Re-tire; 7 | 7 the

world 7 | shut 7 | out; 7 | 7 thy |

thoughts call home : |

7 I- | magi- | nation's | airy | wing 7|7 re- | press; 77 7

Lock up thy senses; | 7 7 | let no | passion | stir; 7 | Wake | all to reason: | 77 | 7 let | her 7 | reign a I lone; 7 |

77 Then 77 in thy soul's | deep 7 | silence, | 7 and the depth 7 |

7 Of | nature's | silence, | 7 7 | midnight, | 7 7 | thus in- | quire, 7 |

7 As | I have done; 7 | and shall in- | quire no | more.

7 7 | 7 7 |

7 In | nature's channel | thus the | questions | run.|77|77| “What | am I? | 7 and from | whence? | 77 | 7 I | nothing | know, 7|

But that I am; | 77 | 7 and since I am, | 7 con- |

clude 7 |

Something eternal: 77 | had there | e'er been |

nought, |

Nought | still had been: | 7 e-ternal! 7 there | must be. 7 7 7 7 7

7 But | what e- | ternal? | 7 7 | Why not | human | race? | 77 |

7 And | Adam's | ancestors | 7 with- | out an | end? 7 | 7777

That's hard to be con- | ceived; 7 | 7 since every |

link 7 |

7 Of that | long 7 | chained suc- | cession | 7 is | so 7 | frail; 7 |

7 Can every | part de- | pend, 7|7 and | not the whole? | 77 |

7 Yet grant it true; 7 | new | difficulties | rise; 7 | 7 I'm still quite 7 | out at | sea: 7|7 nor | see the | shore. | 77 | 77 |

Whence earth, 7 | 7 and | these | bright | orbs? 7 | 7 E-ternal | too? | 77 |

77 Grant | matter | 7 was e- | ternal; | 7 7 | still these | orbs 7 |

7 Would want some | other | father; | 7 7 | much de- | sign 7 |

7 Is seen in

all their | motions, | 7 7 | all their makes; | 77 |

7 De- | sign | 7 im- | plies in- | telligence | 7 and | art 7|77| That 7 | can't be | from them- | selves | 7 or | man; 7 | that 7 art 7 |

Man | scarce can | compre- | hend, 7 | 7 could | man | 7 be- stow? 7 |

7 And

nothing | greater | yet al- | low'd | 7 than | man, 7 | 7 7 |

Who, motion, | 7 7 | foreign to the | smallest |grain, | Shot through | vast 7 | masses | 7 of e- normous | weight? 7 | 7_7 | Who | bid 7 | brute 7 | matter's restive | lump assume 7 |

7 Such various forms, 7 | 7 and gave it | wings to | fly? | 77 |

Has matter | innate | motion? | 7 7 | then 7 | each 7 |

atom,

7 Asserting its in- | disputable | right 7 |

7 To dance, 7 would | form an universe of dust: 7 | 7 Has | matter | none? | 77 | Then 7 | whence those | glorious forms |

7 And | boundless | flights, 7 | 7 from | shapeless | 7 and | posed? | 77 |

re

7 Has matter | more than | motion? | has it | thought, | Judgment and genius? | 7 7 | Is it | deeply | learned |