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Chapter 10

           Wherethetallthinvaquero,inbroad-brimmedhatofblackglaze,andchequeredserapé,strodeproudlyoverthesward—hisspurstinklingateverystep—wasnowmettheauthoritative"overseer,"inbluejersey,orblanketcoat—hiswhipcrackingateverycorner;wheretheredchildrenofAztecaandAnahuac,scantilycladintannedsheepskin,couldbeseen,withsadsolemnaspect,lounginglistlesslybytheirjacalés,ortrottingsilentlyalong,werenowheardtheblacksonsanddaughtersofEthiopia,frommorntillnightchatteringtheirgay"gumbo,"orwithsonganddanceseeminglycontradictingtheidea:thatslaveryisaheritageofunhappiness!

           WasitachangeforthebetterupontheestateofCasadelCorvo?

           TherewasatimewhenthepeopleofEnglandwouldhaveanswered—no;withaunanimityandemphasiscalculatedtodrownalldisbeliefintheirsincerity.

           Alas,forhumanweaknessandhypocrisy!Ourlongcherishedsympathywiththeslaveprovestohavebeenonlyatissueofsheerdissembling.Ledbyanoligarchy—notthetruearistocracyofourcountry:forthesearetoonobletohaveyieldedtosuch,deepdesignings—butanoligarchycomposedofconspiringplebs,whohavesmuggledthemselvesintothefirstplacesofpowerinallthefourestates—guidedbytheseprurientconspiratorsagainstthepeople’srights—Englandhasproveduntruetohercreedsoloudlyproclaimed—truculenttothetrustreposedinherbytheuniversalacclaim,ofthenations.

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