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interference!  The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. - But it is impossible to be temperate, and to pursue this subject through the various considerations of policy, of morals, of history natural and civil. We must be contented to hope they will force their way into every one's mind. I think a change already perceptible, since the origin of the present revolution. The spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust, his condition mollifying, the way I hope preparing, under the auspices of heaven, for a total emancipation, and that this is disposed, in the order of events, to be with the consent of the masters, rather than by their extirpation.
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On Liberty, and in Praise of Mr. Howard  [[author]]Cowper[[/author]]
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  OH, could I worship aught beneath the skies, 
That earth hath seen, or fancy could devise,  
Thine altar, sacred Liberty, should stand, 
Built by no mercenary vulgar hand,
With fragrant turf, and flow'rs as wild and fair,
As ever dress'd a bank,or scented summer air.
Duly as ever on the mountain's height 
The peep of morning shed a dawning light;
Again, when Evening in her sober vest
Drew the grey curtain of the fading West,
My soul should yield thee willing thanks and praise
For the chief blessings of my fairest days:  
But that were sacrilege - praise is not thine,
But his who gave thee, and preserves thee mine:
Else I would say, and as I spake bid fly
A captive bird into the boundless sky,
This triple realm adores thee: - thou art come
From Sparta hither, and art here at home;
We feel thy force still active, at this hour
Enjoy immunity from priestly pow'r,