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Chapter 10

           Wherethetallthinvaquero,inbroad-brimmedhatofblackglaze,andchequeredserapé,strodeproudlyovertheswardhisspurstinklingateverystepwasnowmettheauthoritative"overseer,"inbluejersey,orblanketcoathiswhipcrackingateverycorner;wheretheredchildrenofAztecaandAnahuac,scantilycladintannedsheepskin,couldbeseen,withsadsolemnaspect,lounginglistlesslybytheirjacalés,ortrottingsilentlyalong,werenowheardtheblacksonsanddaughtersofEthiopia,frommorntillnightchatteringtheirgay"gumbo,"orwithsonganddanceseeminglycontradictingtheidea:thatslaveryisaheritageofunhappiness!

           WasitachangeforthebetterupontheestateofCasadelCorvo?

           TherewasatimewhenthepeopleofEnglandwouldhaveansweredno;withaunanimityandemphasiscalculatedtodrownalldisbeliefintheirsincerity.

           Alas,forhumanweaknessandhypocrisy!Ourlongcherishedsympathywiththeslaveprovestohavebeenonlyatissueofsheerdissembling.Ledbyanoligarchynotthetruearistocracyofourcountry:forthesearetoonobletohaveyieldedtosuch,deepdesigningsbutanoligarchycomposedofconspiringplebs,whohavesmuggledthemselvesintothefirstplacesofpowerinallthefourestatesguidedbytheseprurientconspiratorsagainstthepeople’srightsEnglandhasproveduntruetohercreedsoloudlyproclaimedtruculenttothetrustreposedinherbytheuniversalacclaim,ofthenations.

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