Doubtless "because their deeds are evil." Can we confide in methods for the benefit of our enslaved brethren, which it is death for us to examine?
Whet good ever came, what good can we expect, from deeds of darkness?
Did the influence of the masters contribute any thing in the West Indies; to prepare the apprentices for enfranchisement?
Nay, verily.

All the world knows better.

They did what in them lay, to turn back the tide of blessings, which through emancipation was pouring in upon the famishing around them.

Are not the best minds and hearts in England now thoroughly convinced, that slavery, under no modification, can be a school for freedom?
We say such things to the many who alledge, that slaves can not at once be entrusted with the powers and privileges of self-government.

However this may be, they can not be better qualified under _the influence of slavery_.