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THE foregoing had been the reflections
of the Captain during the exhibition
of the farce. But the play being ended,
and having come home, the next day he
began to put his re&longs;olution in practice;
and to think how he could &longs;upply him&longs;elf
with another &longs;ervant. It &longs;truck him to
purcha&longs;e a negro; and mentioning this to
the company, at breakfa&longs;t, at the Indian
Queen, one of the people called Quakers,
who was pre&longs;ent, and overheard the
conver&longs;ation, made an apology for the
liberty he took in making &longs;ome objections.
Friend, &longs;aid he, thee appears to
be a di&longs;creet man, from thy behaviour,
and conver&longs;ation; and if thee will not be
offended, I would a&longs;k if thee can&longs;t

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reconcile it with thy principles, to keep a
&longs;lave. As to that, &longs;aid the Captain, I have
thought upon the &longs;ubject, and do not &longs;ee
any great harm in the matter. If we look
to inanimate nature, we &longs;hall find, that
the great law is Force. The Carte&longs;ians
call it pre&longs;&longs;ure and &longs;uction: The Newtonians
call it attraction and gravitation.
The &longs;un, the large&longs;t body in the univer&longs;e,
endeavours to draw all towards it; while
the le&longs;&longs;er globes &longs;truggle to fly off at a
tangent. The den&longs;e air takes place of the
rare; and the heavier particles of water
cau&longs;e the lighter to recede. The tall oak
over&longs;hades the under wood. There is a
predominancy, and &longs;ubordination in all
things. In the animal creation, the weaker
is always &longs;ubject to the &longs;trong; who even
devour them, when the fle&longs;h &longs;uits their
appetite: and the very teeth and jaw-bone
of carnivorous animals, &longs;hew the intention
of nature, that they &longs;hould make a prey
of living creatures. Do you blame yourselves,
when you &longs;ubjugate elephants, or
hor&longs;es, or oxen of the plough, to your
u&longs;e? What right have you to invade the
liberty of a playful young colt, more than
of an African inhabitant? Or have you
not as good a right to take up a negro, and

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put him to your work, as you have to cut a
calf, and manufacture him for the draft?

In this ca&longs;e, there is a difference, &longs;aid
the Quaker; a negro is a human creature,
and po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;es all the natural rights of man.

That may be, &longs;aid the Captain. But
what are the natural rights of men? Are
they not finally re&longs;olvable, as in the inanimate
world, into power on the one hand,
and weakne&longs;s on the other.

Who is it that ab&longs;tains from dominion,
when he has it in his power to a&longs;&longs;ert it?
Power is the great law of nature; and nothing
but the pacts or conventions of society
can contravene it. I &longs;hould think myself
ju&longs;tifiable in making any man a &longs;lave to
an&longs;wer my purpo&longs;es, provided I treated him
well while he was &longs;uch. This I take to be
the only condition which the law of rea&longs;on
annexes to the enjoyment of &longs;uch property.
I may be warranted in taking, and managing
an animal of the hor&longs;e kind; but it is
my indi&longs;putable duty not to abu&longs;e him by
cau&longs;ing him to &longs;uffer famine, or endure
too much toil. The &longs;ame with any other
animal that I en&longs;lave; there is a tacit condition
annexed to the grant which the law
of nature gives, viz. That the &longs;ervice be
exacted with moderation; and proper

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nouri&longs;hment be provided. I admit al&longs;o,
that humanity would dictate that a &longs;lave
ought to be con&longs;ulted as much as is consistent
with my convenience. For in&longs;tance;
if I had the Grand Turk in my power, as
he has been accu&longs;tomed to a &longs;oft and effeminate
way of living, it would be hard to
put him all at once to maul rails, or clearing
out meadow ground, or the like; or if
it &longs;hould fall in my way to have Catherine
of Ru&longs;&longs;ia in that capacity, as &longs;he is a women
of an elevated mind, it would be inhumane
to put her to the lowe&longs;t drudgery,
&longs;uch as &longs;crubing out rooms, and carrying
water from the pump; but rather indulge
her if I could afford it, with a more ea&longs;y
employment, e&longs;pecially as &longs;he is an old woman,
of knitting &longs;tockings and carding
wool. There is no man would be more
di&longs;po&longs;ed to treat a &longs;lave with tenderne&longs;s
than my&longs;elf; but to deny me of my right
altogether of making one, or of trafficking
for one when made, is carrying the matter
too far.

So much for the right of en&longs;laving. But
if we put it on the principle of what will
conduce to the aggregate happine&longs;s of
mankind, we &longs;hall find it to be, that there
&longs;hould be ma&longs;ter and &longs;ervant, or in other

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words, owner and &longs;lave. The economy
of nature illu&longs;trates this, in the &longs;ub&longs;erviency
of one thing to another: But, independent
of any illu&longs;tration, it mu&longs;t be known
on reflection, and is felt in experience, that
all are not competent to all things; and
in the ca&longs;e of temporary &longs;ervants, much
time is taken up in contracting with them
for their remanence; and it is a considerable
time before they get into the habit
of our &longs;ervice; and having it in their power
to retire from us, when inclination may
direct, there is an in&longs;ecurity in the attachment.
But as the &longs;lave has the master
always to provide for him; &longs;o ma&longs;ter
has the &longs;lave always to &longs;ub&longs;erve him: and
thus, by a conjoint intere&longs;t, the felicity
of both is promoted, and the &longs;um of human
happine&longs;s increa&longs;ed. Hence it is,
that mo&longs;t nations have made u&longs;e of &longs;laves.
The patriarch Abraham, had three&longs;core
and ten &longs;ervants born in his hou&longs;e. What
were the&longs;e but &longs;laves? The Jews, his descendants,
had bond-men, and bond-women:
Were not the&longs;e &longs;laves? The Roman
&longs;laves were more in number than the citizens;
and among&longs;t the Greeks, the mo&longs;t
virtuous of them, viz. the Spartans, kept
in their &longs;ervice the mo&longs;t depre&longs;&longs;ed of all

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&longs;laves, the Helotes; who, when we consider
the black broth, the food, and severe
life of the ma&longs;ters, mu&longs;t have lived
on poor fare, and in a laborious &longs;ervice
indeed.

But it may be &longs;aid, that example of
wrong never con&longs;titutes right. Grant it;
but if you examine the capacities, and even
inclinations of men, will you not find,
that &longs;ome are qualified only to be &longs;laves.
They have not under&longs;tanding to act for
them&longs;elves. Nor do all love freedom, even
when they have it. Do not many surrender
it; and prefer ki&longs;&longs;ing a great man's
back&longs;ide, to being independent? It is not
always, even from the views of advantage,
that men are &longs;ycophants; but from an
ab&longs;tract plea&longs;ure in being drawn into the
vortex of others. There is a plea&longs;ure in
&longs;lavery, more than unen&longs;laved men know.
Why is it, that, even after the convul&longs;ion
of a revolution in a government, in favour
of liberty, there is a natural tendency
to &longs;lavery; and it finally terminates in
this point. The fact is, a &longs;tate of liberty
is an unnatural &longs;tate. Like a bone out of
place, the mind, in an individual, or political
capacity, &longs;eeks the condition of a
ma&longs;ter or &longs;ervant; avoiding, as the

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particular propen&longs;ity may be, the one or the other.
There cannot be a greater proof that
this is founded in nature, than the common
moral ob&longs;ervation, that the greate&longs;t tyrants,
that is, the wor&longs;t ma&longs;ters, make the mo&longs;t abject
&longs;laves: And, vice ver&longs;a, that the mo&longs;t
&longs;ub&longs;ervient of mankind, when you give
them power, make the wor&longs;t u&longs;e of it: All
this becau&longs;e, in the&longs;e ca&longs;es, the per&longs;ons are
mi&longs;placed, and not in their proper &longs;tations.
Julius Ce&longs;ar made a humane generous master;
but he would have made a very intriguing,
trouble&longs;ome valet de chambre. It
would have been impo&longs;&longs;ible to have got any
good of him. On the other hand, Tiberius
would have made an excellent ho&longs;tler, and
taken a beating, with as much re&longs;ignation,
as a hou&longs;e beagle, who is u&longs;ed to it. So
that it evidently is the provi&longs;ion of nature,
that there are materials of &longs;lavery; and
the fault of tho&longs;e, whom &longs;he intends for
ma&longs;ters, if they do not make &longs;laves. But
as it is difficult to determine, a priori, who
are intended for &longs;lavery or freedom, &longs;o
as to make a judicious di&longs;tribution, things
mu&longs;t take their cour&longs;e; and the rule be,
catch, catch can; and every man have a
&longs;ervant when he can get one. It is in
vain to be &longs;queami&longs;h, and &longs;tick at colour.

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It is true, I would rather have a white
per&longs;on, if &longs;uch could be got; as I prefer
white to black; e&longs;pecially in the &longs;ummer
&longs;ea&longs;on, as being a more light and airy colour.

Thy rea&longs;oning, &longs;aid the Quaker, is more
rhetorical than logical; and thy analogies
of nature, and hi&longs;torical proofs, cannot
&longs;o far oppre&longs;s the light within, as to make
me think, that it is given to thee, or me,
to make &longs;laves of our &longs;pecies.

As to that, &longs;aid the Captain, I am not
clear that a negro is of our &longs;pecies. You
may claim kindred with him, if you
plea&longs;e; but I &longs;hall not.

I &longs;hall not di&longs;pute that with thee, &longs;aid
the Quaker: for I perceive thee does not
give credit to what the book &longs;ays of the
fir&longs;t man, and his de&longs;cendants: But will
thee not grant me, that the African,
though not of the &longs;ame &longs;tock, is, at lea&longs;t
a man; that is of the human genus,
though the &longs;pecies of the white and the
black may not be the &longs;ame; if &longs;o, ha&longs;t
thou more right to en&longs;lave him, than he
thee?

Grant it, &longs;aid the Captain; for my reasoning
tends to that, and re&longs;olves the right
into the power.

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If &longs;o, &longs;aid the Quaker, thee may be the
&longs;lave in thy turn.

Doubtle&longs;s, &longs;aid the Captain; and it is
not of &longs;o much con&longs;equence who is &longs;lave,
as that there be one. It is better that the
foot be foot, and the head be head; but
if there is a conver&longs;ion, neverthele&longs;s, let
there be head and foot. It is nece&longs;&longs;ary
that there be domination and &longs;ubjection,
in order to produce a compound improvement
and advantage.

You could &longs;ee by the Quaker's countenance,
that he thought the rea&longs;oning sophistical;
but as he did not know very well
what he could &longs;ay more, he was &longs;ilent.

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IT is thought by &longs;ome, the Captain was
not &longs;erious in thus advocating the cau&longs;e
of &longs;lavery. Be that as it may, he omitted
&longs;ome &longs;erious arguments, that naturally
pre&longs;ent them&longs;elves on that &longs;ide on which
he rea&longs;oned: For in&longs;tance, it &longs;trikes me
at fir&longs;t blu&longs;h, that there can be no moral
wrong in catching a young African, and
bringing him away from his own happiness
to pur&longs;ue ours. For if there were, is
it to be &longs;uppo&longs;ed, that humane and ju&longs;t
per&longs;ons, would promote and &longs;upport the evil,
by purcha&longs;ing &longs;uch negro, or retaining
him, and his offspring, when purchased.
For, on the principle that the receiver
is the thief, or, to &longs;peak more strictly,
a thief, the purcha&longs;er of the African
takes the guilt along with the po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;ion;
and, in the language of the law, every act
of retainer is a new tre&longs;pa&longs;s. For the evil

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of the original act, if there be evil in it,
cannot be rendered pure by the filtration
of purcha&longs;e, and retaining. So that the
holder of the negro, in the tenth transmission,
is an aider, or abettor, of the original
act of taking; if I may u&longs;e the word
aider, or abettor, in a ca&longs;e of tre&longs;pa&longs;s;
where, by the definition of the law, all
who any ways concur in the act, and further
it, are principals. The holder of a
negro mu&longs;t, therefore, look back to that
act which fir&longs;t made him, or an ance&longs;tor,
a &longs;lave; and if he cannot ju&longs;tify this, he
cannot ju&longs;tify the retaining him in servitude:—
What a con&longs;equence mu&longs;t this be!
There is no man that pretends to humanity,
much le&longs;s to religion, would be &longs;afe
in being the po&longs;&longs;e&longs;&longs;or of a &longs;lave. The only
way therefore to get rid of the difficulty is
to ju&longs;tify, ab origine, traffic in all &longs;uch property.

That it is ju&longs;tifiable I have no doubt.
Is there any religious denomination, except
the fanatical people called Quakers,
that have made it a term of communion
not to hold a &longs;lave. In admitting to
church privileges, I have never heard,
of the que&longs;tion a&longs;ked, Have you any negroes,
and do you keep &longs;laves? If it was

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a matter of con&longs;cience, would not conscientious
per&longs;ons them&longs;elves make it.

The a&longs;&longs;emblies or &longs;ynods of the Presbyterian
church, or conventions of the Episcopal,
in America, have &longs;aid nothing on
this &longs;ubject. Is an omi&longs;&longs;ion of this kind
reconcilable with the idea, that it is a
natural evil, or a moral wrong.

In the phrenzy of the day, &longs;ome weak
minded powers, in Europe, begin to consider
what is called the African trade as a
moral wrong, and to provide for a gradual
abolition of it. If they will aboli&longs;h
it, I approve of its being done gradually;
becau&longs;e, numbers being embarked in this
trade, it mu&longs;t ruin them all at once, to
de&longs;i&longs;t from it. On this principle, I have
always thought it a defect in the criminal
codes of mo&longs;t nations, not giving licence
to the perpetrators of offences, to proceed,
for a limited time, in larcenies, burglaries,
&c. until they get their hands out of u&longs;e
to the&longs;e pur&longs;uits, and in u&longs;e to others. For
it mu&longs;t be greatly inconvenient to thieves
and cut-throats, who have engaged in this
way of life, and &longs;pent time, and expended
money, and run great ri&longs;ks in acquiring
&longs;kill in their employment, to be obliged
all at once to withdraw their hands, and lay

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a&longs;ide picking locks, and apply themselves
to indu&longs;try in other ways, for a livelihood.

The law of Penn&longs;ylvania on this principle,
has provided for the gradual abolition
of the &longs;lavery of negroes. For tho&longs;e who
have got them could not do without them,
no more than a robber could do without
the money that he takes, being pre&longs;&longs;ed by
&longs;ome great nece&longs;&longs;ity to make u&longs;e of that
expedient to recruit his pur&longs;e. All tho&longs;e
therefore who have been originally taken
from the coa&longs;t of Africa, and deprived of
liberty, or de&longs;cended from &longs;uch, and inheriting
&longs;lavery, when recorded agreeably
to the act in que&longs;tion, continue &longs;laves, and
for life, and their offspring to a certain
period. But were we to entramel the
ca&longs;e with political or moral doubts respecting
the original right of caption, and subjugation,
the difficulty would exi&longs;t of reconciling
it with natural right to hold a
&longs;lave for a moment, even whether the law
&longs;anctioned it or not; in which ca&longs;e we &longs;hould
find it nece&longs;&longs;ary to go as far as the fanatics in
religion, and &longs;et our &longs;laves free altogether.

It is from not duly attending to this circumstance,
that ab&longs;tract rea&longs;oners talk of
abolition; a doctrine which, however

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absurd, is becoming the whim of the day;
and the phren&longs;y &longs;eems to gain &longs;uch ground,
that I would not wonder if they would
next a&longs;&longs;ert that it is unlawful to u&longs;e the servitude
of hor&longs;es, or other bea&longs;ts of burden,
as having a natural right, to live in
the fields, and be as free as mankind. The
be&longs;t way to avoid extremes, is to check
the principle; I hold the right of ab&longs;olute
&longs;ubjugation, of whites, blacks, and browns
of all nations, again&longs;t gradual abolition,
or any abolition what&longs;oever. This being
the only con&longs;i&longs;tent principle, &longs;hort of an
ab&longs;olute emancipation, made in&longs;tantly; for
in no mean is there rea&longs;on, or a re&longs;t for
con&longs;cience.

That it is of importance to &longs;ettle the consciences
of &longs;ober minded per&longs;ons in Pennsylvania,
clergymen, and members of the
Pre&longs;byterian church e&longs;pecially, who have
negroes, mu&longs;t be well known from that
tenderne&longs;s of con&longs;cience, for which &longs;uch
are remarkable. Some, indeed, carry their
ideas of the extent of duties &longs;o far, as not
to omit grace to meat, or the formal worship
of prayer, reading chapters, and singing
p&longs;alms, on the &longs;et occa&longs;ions, on any
con&longs;ideration what&longs;oever; what is more,
will not &longs;have a beard, on the Sabbath day,

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for a cow. Now, &longs;hould they, by any
means, come once to think of the wickedness
of en&longs;laving men, there would be no
getting them to keep a negro. For tho&longs;e
of this denomination; and, indeed, mo&longs;t,
or all others of the Chri&longs;tian, hold, that
the Africans, though of a &longs;able race, is
of their own &longs;pecies; being de&longs;cended
from Adam. This being the ca&longs;e, a &longs;light
matter, the bare directing their attention to
the &longs;ubject, would alarm pious people, and
lead them to the favourite maxim of the
go&longs;pel—“Do to others, as you would
have others to do to you.”

As oppo&longs;ed to the enfranchi&longs;ement of negroes,
generally, and in Penn&longs;ylvania in
particular, I have been under apprehensions,
that &longs;ome of our young lawyers in
the courts, might plead the con&longs;titution of
the &longs;tate, by which it is e&longs;tabli&longs;hed that
“all men are born equally free and independent.”
Now admitting that a negro is
a man, how &longs;hall any ma&longs;ter retain him as
a &longs;lave? On a habeus corpus, he mu&longs;t be
&longs;et at liberty. At lea&longs;t I cannot conceive
how the judge could remand him to his
drudgery. The con&longs;titution is the law
paramount, and framed by a convention of
the people, recognizing the original right

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of freedom in a negro, allowing him to
be a man; and caries us above the act of
the legi&longs;lature for the gradual abolition,
&c. which by implication &longs;eems to &longs;uppo&longs;e
that negroes may be &longs;laves:—

An implication incon&longs;i&longs;tent with the power
exerci&longs;ed by the law. For if negroes
were &longs;laves, and &longs;o the property of tho&longs;e
who claimed them, could the legi&longs;lature
affect that property, without indemnification
to the ma&longs;ters?

I &longs;hall &longs;ay no more on this head, le&longs;t I
&longs;hould furni&longs;h hints to pettifoggers, who
may make an ill u&longs;e of their information.

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JUST at this moment a waiter coming
in, told him there was a per&longs;on without,
that is, in the bar room, who wi&longs;hed
to &longs;peak with him. Going out, who &longs;hould
&longs;trike his optics, but Teague.

The fact was, being elated with the success
of his performance on the &longs;tage, attributing
that to art which was nature itself,
he had counted more upon his accomplishments
than he ought to have done,
and had made advances to the mi&longs;tre&longs;s of
the manager, who was al&longs;o an actre&longs;s, and
not greatly coveting an amour with the
bog-trotter, made a merit of the circumstance,
to induce an opinion of fidelity, and
informed the manager of the pre&longs;umption
of the Iri&longs;hman. The manager in the
mo&longs;t unbecoming manner, without either
citation, examination, trial, conviction,
or judgment, but laying a&longs;ide all forms of
law, had in&longs;tituted an original proce&longs;s of

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him&longs;elf, and laying hold of a hor&longs;e-whip,
had applied this implement to the back and
&longs;houlders of Teague, and as the Iri&longs;hman
made an effort of re&longs;i&longs;tance at the fir&longs;t onset,
the manager had been under the necessity,
by turning the but end of the whip,
to knock him down, which he did by a
&longs;troke above the left eye-brow, which not
only bereft him of &longs;en&longs;es for the pre&longs;ent,
but a di&longs;colouration of the eye for &longs;ome
days, and a &longs;car probably his whole life
after.

It was this incident had induced him
to leave the theatre, and brought him
back to the Captain, whom he now accosted
in the following manner: Dear ma&longs;ter,
for the love of &longs;halvation, forgive a poor
&longs;harvant that has been killed this marning
with a great cudgel, ju&longs;t for nothing at all,
but not pla&longs;ing a damned whore, that
wanted me to &longs;tale the manager's cloathing,
and go off wid her. This is all that
a poor &longs;harvant gets by being hane&longs;t; but
by &longs;hant Patrick, and the holy cra&longs;s, it is
what I de&longs;erve for leaving the &longs;arvice of
a good ma&longs;ter, as your anour, and taking
up with bog-tratters, and &longs;tage players,
that would &longs;ooner take a cup of wine than
the holy &longs;acrament, and get drunk every

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night in de wake, and go to de devil
head foremo&longs;t; but if your honour, dear
ma&longs;ter, will forgive the pa&longs;t, and my running
away, and laving you, I will come
back again, and &longs;arve you to the day of
judgment, or any langer time that your
honour pla&longs;es, and clane your boots and
&longs;purs, and rub down the bay har&longs;e; the
poor old crature, how aften I have tought
of him when I was in my rambles and he
was a &longs;lape, la&longs;te they &longs;hould chare him of
his oats, and give him nather hay nor
&longs;traw to ate; for I always liked to take
care of a good har&longs;e, and a good ma&longs;ter;
and aften tought of your honour, when
I was among the bog-tratters of the &longs;tage,
and gave you a good name, and was always
talking of you and forgot my part,
and put the managers in a pa&longs;&longs;ion, who
fell upon me, and bate me like a dog.

The Captain &longs;aw the incon&longs;i&longs;tency in the
relation; one while alleging the tale bearing
of the mi&longs;tre&longs;s, as the occa&longs;ion of it;
again, a deficiency in the recital of his
part; but expecting no truth from the Irishman,
cared very little how it came to
pa&longs;s. The principal thing that occupied
his thoughts, was whether to receive the
bog-trotter, or di&longs;mi&longs;s him. He reflected

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with him&longs;elf on the trouble he had had
with him, on his various preten&longs;ions to
advancement; his unea&longs;ine&longs;s of mind, and
fatigue of body, for &longs;everal days pa&longs;t, in
examining &longs;tews, methodi&longs;tical conventicles,
rumaging philo&longs;ophical &longs;ocieties, attending
elections, and li&longs;tening to the debates
of Congre&longs;s, to &longs;ee if he could any
where ob&longs;erve his phy&longs;iognomy, or distinguish
his brogue. He could not think
of &longs;ubjecting him&longs;elf to &longs;uch uncertainty
in the attendance of any &longs;ervant, with &longs;uch
prepo&longs;terous ideas, as being a legi&longs;lator,
philo&longs;opher, &c. Again, he con&longs;idered,
that probably this la&longs;t cha&longs;ti&longs;ement he had
received, might have a good effect, in curing
him of the freaks of his ambition;
and a mind broken and reduced by disappointment,
is in a mellow &longs;tate, and more
capable of receiving the &longs;eeds of good advice,
than a mind full of vanity or pride,
that has never yet received blows. Deliberating
on the&longs;e grounds, his humanity
prevailed, and he determined to receive the
raggamuffin into favour.

This being &longs;ettled, and learning from
the Iri&longs;hman in what manner he had been
inveigled, and drawn away by the manager,
to go upon the &longs;tage; and that it was

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only becau&longs;e Teague had made advances
to a woman that was a whore already,
that the manager had made &longs;uch an attack
upon his per&longs;on, he wi&longs;hed to puni&longs;h him,
if it &longs;hould appear to be within the province
of the law to do it. Accordingly,
inquiring what principal lawyer there was
in that city, was informed of a certain counsellor
Grab. Taking Teague with him,
he &longs;et out to con&longs;ult this gentleman.
Coun&longs;ellor Grab was in his office, among&longs;t
large &longs;helves of books, or &longs;helves of large
books; not, as the Latins &longs;ay, Co-opertus,
aut obrutus, &longs;ed comitatus libris; that is,
In the mid&longs;t of his books. He had on a
pair of &longs;pectacles, not &longs;o much on account
of age, as to make the client believe that
he laboured under a premature want of
&longs;ight, from much reading; or, becau&longs;e a
pair of len&longs;es, magnifying the organs of
vi&longs;ion, gives the appearance of a larger eye,
which has a good effect on the per&longs;on consulting,
impre&longs;&longs;ing the idea of a broader
view of things that are before it.

Entering, the Captain addre&longs;&longs;ed him&longs;elf
to the coun&longs;ellor, and gave him the outlines
of the injury done to Teague; The
coun&longs;ellor, in the mean time, &longs;u&longs;pending
his reading in a large book, which he had

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before him, printed in Saxon letter, and
rai&longs;ing his head, until the gla&longs;&longs;es of his
&longs;pectacles were brought to bear upon the
phy&longs;iognomy of the Captain.

The Captain having fini&longs;hed his account,
referred him to Teague, the &longs;ubject
of the battery, for a a more particular
detail of the circum&longs;tances. Teague was
glad of the opportunity of &longs;peaking before
a learned lawyer, and was beginning to
give a relation of the whole affair; but
the Captain &longs;topped him, bidding him wait
until the lawyer &longs;hould him&longs;elf reque&longs;t him
to begin. The lawyer was &longs;ilent: after
having reconnoitered with his gla&longs;&longs;es, one
while the Captain, another while Teague,
he dropped his optics, and began to read
again. The Captain, thinking he had not
been &longs;ufficiently under&longs;tood, recommenced
the narration, and gave an account of
what he him&longs;elf had &longs;uffered from the inveigling
and detaining his &longs;ervant, and
the vi&longs;ible injury which the &longs;ervant himself
had &longs;u&longs;tained. The lawyer was &longs;till
&longs;ilent; and, though he had eyed him while
&longs;peaking, as a Tu&longs;can a&longs;tronomer would
the moon, yet he applyed him&longs;elf again to
the reading the black letter, that was before
him.

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