But, in the mean time, till some considerable revolution shall make the evidence of this great truth felt, it may not be improper to pursue this subject further.

I shall then first prove that there is no reason of state which can authorize slavery.

I shall not be afraid to cite to the tribunal of reason and justice those governments which tolerate this cruelty, or which even are not ashamed to make it the basis of their power." And a little further on he observes--"Will it be said that he, who wants to make me a slave, does me no injury; but that he only makes use of his rights?
Where are those rights?
Who hath stamped upon them so sacred a character as to silence mine ?" In the beginning of the next paragraph he speaks thus:--"He who supports the system of slavery is the enemy of the whole human race.

He divides it into two societies of legal assassins; the oppressors, and the oppressed.

It is the same thing as proclaiming to the world, if you would preserve your life, instantly take away mine, for I want to have yours." Going on two pages further, we find these words:--"But the Negroes, they say, are a race born for slavery; their dispositions are narrow, treacherous, and wicked; they themselves allow the superiority of our understandings, and almost acknowledge the justice of our authority.
Yes; the minds of the Negroes are contracted, because slavery destroys all the springs of the soul.