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Rh to the uncivilized tribes amongst which they settle, our Pilgrim forefathers had been such! But it is out of nature and even the christianity, to which it is akin, is deemed insane, by the christianity of the world, all bristling with bayonets, ready to pour showers of death from the cannon's mouth, and crimsoned over and over, with its brother's blood—such are armed colonies. They have always been, and must always be, while man is a sinner, and while christianity remains the proud and bloody thing which it yet is in this particular, in almost all the churches—like the blast of death to the poor native!! Strangers come, and he is swept from the land of his forefathers—their fields wave rich with corn—their trees hang heavy with fruit—their church spires pierce the skies—their outward Sabbaths are kept by multitudes—commerce, arts, arms flourish—literature is rife, and palace-like are the dwellings which adorn the land. But the law of God is meted and parceled out, at will, or by tradition. A man, walking close with Christ, is deemed a lunatic. Fashion and custom and public opinion are the gods, slavery is nursed in the lap of republics,—and the aboriginies have perished; or linger in oppressed and scattered remnants, a memento