It seems a very sad thing that a people so clever, so enterprising, so prosperous as the Americans, should, by a quarrel and separation among themselves, endanger--if they do not entirely overthrow--one of the most important states in the world.

We cannot forget what it is that lies at the bottom of the mischief--SLAVERY.
"O execrable crime! so to aspire Above our brethren, to ourselves assuming Authority usurped from God, not given.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation: but man over man He made not lord--such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free." I may now tell you something about some of the chief cities in the United States.
New York is the principal seaport and commercial metropolis of the States.

It is situated at the southern extremity of an island called Manhattan Island, near the mouth of the Hudson river.

Its progress has been very rapid, and its population is more than double that of any other city in the new world.

The approach to the city is very fine--the shores of the bay being wooded down to the water's edge, and thickly studded with farms, villages, and country seats.