Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want.

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations on a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.

Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.