A cry had been sounded forth, and from one end of the kingdom to the other; as if there had never been a slave from Adam to the present time.

But it appeared to him to have been the intention of Providence, from the very beginning, that one set of men should be slaves to another.

This truth was as old as it was universal.

It was recognized in every history, under every government, and in every religion.

Nor did the Christian religion itself, if the comments of Dr.Halifax, bishop of Gloucester, on a passage in St.
Paul's epistle to the Corinthians were true, show more repugnance to slavery than any other.
He denied that the slaves were procured in the manner which had been described.