against him, what can the Americans, together with the whole world do
for him? Can they save him from the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ?

I shall now pass in review the speech of Mr. Elias B. Caldwell, Esq.
of the District of Columbia, extracted from the same page on which Mr.
Clay's will be found. Mr. Caldwell, giving his opinion respecting us,
at that ever memorable meeting, he says:

"The more you improve the condition of these people, the
more you cultivate their minds, the more miserable you make
them in their present state. You give them a higher relish
for those privileges which they can never attain, and turn
what we intend for a blessing into a curse."

Let me ask this benevolent man, what he means by a blessing intended
for us? Did he mean sinking us and our children into ignorance and
wretchedness, to support him and his family? What he meant will appear
evident and obvious to the most ignorant in the world. [Hand->] See
Mr. Caldwell's intended blessings for us, O! my Lord!!!

"No," said he, "if they must remain in their present
situation, keep them in the _lowest state of degradation and
ignorance_. The nearer you bring them to the condition of
brutes, the better chance do you give them of possessing
their _apathy_."

Here I pause to get breath, having labored to extract the above clause
of this gentleman's speech, at that colonizing meeting. I presume that
every body knows the meaning of the word "_apathy_"--if they do not,
let him get Sheridan's Dictionary, where he will find it explained in