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1822. April 12.
has her American isles : of the populations of these
islands isles, by far the greater part is in this sad state
under the rest. Colour still determines whether, by man, a
man shall be dealt with by as a man or as a
beast. The owners of these unfortunates are not only inhabitants -
a large portion of them - of the soil of England,
but subjects, all of them, of the King of England. By
the King of England therefore, as well as so many of his subjects,
though the whip itself if not exercised, yet the produce
of it is enjoyed.
This would not be the case, or at least
this neither need, nor aught to be the case, if England were
rid of her Ultramania, as you will be, I hope, of yours
This would will as little be the case with you, if by your rules,
your Ultramanian kinsmen were are given up to themselves: In their cases with
benefit the good of independence would will be mixt in whatsoever
of good and evil, in this as in every other shape the nature of their situation may
have attached to it.. At But at any rate, this honour will, in
its effulgence, be yours; with them it would will rest to say
then they will take to themselves any, and what, share in it:
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rid yourselves of ultramaria |
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rid yourselves |
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john flowerdew colls |
[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]] |
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arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
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