36/54 "All this fearful commotion," he pealed, "has arisen from the abduction of _one man_. More than two millions of unhappy beings are groaning out their lives in bondage, and scarcely a pulse quickens, or a heart leaps, or a tongue pleads in their behalf. 'Tis a trifling affair, which concerns nobody. Oh! for the spirit that rages, to break every fetter of oppression!" Such a spirit was fast taking possession of the writer. He had not lost sight of his young coadjutor, but had watched his course with great hope and growing confidence. |