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 (who ſhould be made reſponſible for the exceſſes of infliction,) and even then the extent of ſeverity ſhould be directed by an attending magiſtrate. Upon many negroes ſhame will operate more powerfully than the laſh; and I do not ſee any reaſon why they ſhould be mortified when they demand our pity; on the contrary—they ſhould be encouraged to take ſome pride in integrity, and know how to value a confidence when repoſed in them: that numbers are radically honeſt, and worthy of truſt, I have the experience of near thirteen years to corroborate; and this poſition I am