[Hand->] ADDITION.—­The preachers and people of the United States form societies against Free Masonry and Intemperance, and write against Sabbath breaking, Sabbath mails, Infidelity, &c. &c.  But the fountain head,[15] compared with which all those other evils are comparatively nothing, and from the bloody and murderous head of which, they receive no trifling support, is hardly noticed by the Americans.  This is a fair illustration of the state of society in this country—­it shows what a bearing avarice has upon a people, when they are nearly given up by the Lord to a hard heart and a reprobate mind, in consequence of afflicting their fellow creatures.  God suffers some to go on until they are ruined for ever!!  Will it be the case with our brethren the whites of the United States of America?  We hope not—­we would not wish to see them destroyed, notwithstanding they have and do now treat us more cruel than any people have treated another, on this earth since it came from the hands of its creator (with the exception of the French and the Dutch, they treat us nearly as bad as the Americans of the United States.) The will of God must however, in spite of us, be done.

The English are the best friends the colored people have upon earth.  Tho’ they have oppressed us a little, and have colonies now in the West Indies, which oppress us sorely,—­Yet notwithstanding they (the English) have done one hundred times more for the melioration of our condition, than all the other nations of the earth put together.  The blacks cannot but respect the English as a nation, notwithstanding they have treated us a little cruel.

There is no intelligent black man who knows any thing, but esteems a real English man, let him see him in what part of the world he will—­for they are the greatest benefactors we have upon earth.  We have here and there, in other nations, good friends.  But as a nation, the English are our friends. [<-Hand]

How can the preachers and people of America believe the Bible?  Does it teach them any distinction on account of a man’s color?  Hearken, Americans! to the injunctions of our Lord and Master, to his humble followers.

     [16]"And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, all power is
     given unto me in heaven and in earth.

     “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
     the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
     Ghost,

     “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
     commanded you; and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
     end of the world.  Amen.”

I declare, that the very face of these injunctions appears to be of God and not of man.  They do not show the slightest degree of distinction.

“Go ye, therefore,” (says my divine Master) “and teach all nations,” (or in other words, all people) “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”

Do you understand the above, Americans?  We are a people, notwithstanding many of you doubt it.  You have the Bible in your hands, with this very injunction.  Have you been to Africa, teaching the inhabitants thereof the words of the Lord Jesus?