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68 violence for their liberties of the Southern slaves; since, if resisting evil by violence, ever can be right, it unquestionably must be eminently so, when slaves rise for their unforfeited liberties. But no; Granville Sharp, was a friend of peace. He had studied his Bible too much, and loved it too well, to be ignorant of the injunctions, "love worketh no ill to its neighbor;" "resist not evil;" "recompense no man evil for evil;" "avenge not yourselves;" "be not overcome of evil—but overcome evil with good;" "love your enemies—bless them that curse you—do good to them that hate you—and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you." Rom. xiii. 10 ; Matt. v. 39; Rom. xii. 17; 19; 21 ; Matt. v. 44. No; opposite, eternally and totally opposite as are war and peace, so opposite were the well known and ruling principles of Granville Sharp's mind, to the whole colonization spirit. Do we need an evidence. Look at Massachusetts Bay! "Who stand shivering there? Voluntary exiles, preferring the rights of conscience, the rights of lawful liberty in all things, to friends, country, fortune, ease. The world has never seen a nobler band of colonists. If armed colonies of civilized people, could ever be a blessing