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54 which he may just as peaceably live and enjoy his freedom as others do. The owner may pursue and chain him beneath the shadow of Bunker Hill, or even on the grave in which he, in silence, Washington's sleeping remains, and take him back into Slavery. All this is sanctioned by the laws of the country. All this is connived at by the Northern Ministers and Churches; and boldly declared, by the Southern Ministers and Churches, to be a Divine right, in which their Northern brethren are Divinely obligated to unite, and assist them in subjugating poor Fugitives. Thus they make the Religion of our Lord, a Slave-catching Religion, and Man-stealing and Woman-whipping Religion.

United States, your banner wears
 * Two emblems,—one of Fame;

Alas! the other, that it bears,
 * Reminds us of your Shame.

The White Man's Liberty in Types,
 * Stands blazoned by your Stars;

But what's the meaning of your Stripes?
 * They mean your.

The Providence of God may be obviously seen in the many successful escapes of Fugitive Slaves from the Slave States to Canada: many of whom are pious and devoted Christians, who truly "walk by faith, and not by sight." We are now about to enter upon one of the most interesting, to me at least, viewed in connexion with Divine