The Daily Advertiser

Mr. CHILDS,

It may not be improper, that those who do not actively exert themselves in the cause of the truly to be pitied blacks, who are held in slavery, should at least animate and confirm, by the most public testimony in their power, their approbation of the measures set on foot in their behalf, by a valuable part of our fellow citizens. If, therefore, the following lines be worth a place in your paper, you will please insert them when convenient. They are extracted from a work entitled "the Sugar Cane," written by James Grainger, M. D. throughout the whole of which he expresses himself with the greatest philanthropy.

I am Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

R. P.

"YET planter let humanity prevail,
Perhaps thy negro, in his native land
Poet large fertile plains, and slaves, and herds,
Perhaps whene'er he deign'd to walk abroad
The richest silks, from where the Indus rolls,
His limbs invested in their gorgeous plaits:
Perhaps he wails his wife, his children, left
To struggle with adversity: perhaps ..
Fortune in battle for his country fought,
Gave him a captive to his deadliest foe:
Perhaps incautious in his native fields.
(On pleasurable scenes his mind intent)
As he wandered ; from the neighboring grove
Fell ambush dragg'd him to the hated main.
Were they even sold for crimes ; ye polish'd ay!
Ye, to whom learning opes her ample page!
Ye, whom the knowledge of a living God
Should lead to virtue ! are you free from crimes
Ah pity, then, these un instructed swains,
And still let mercy often the decrees
Of rigid justice, with her lenient hand.
Oh did the tender muse possess the power
Which Monarchs have and Monarchs oft abuse
T' would be the fond ambition of her soul,
To quell tyrannic sway; knock off the chains
Of heart debasing slavery, give to man,
Of every color and of every clime,
Freedom which stamps him image of his God."