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after an actual removal The political constitution of the country prohibits slavery in the most absolute nl*- terms, declaring all slaves free tMmoment they land, and imposing a heagy penalty on the vessel and master that introduces them. The MR* GVt- and people knew nothing of this country, and whatever of value it no* possesses in their estimation, .r in that of the world is due entirely to the foreign emigrants- Theyredeem**' it from the wil- derness, developed it-s resources anH made known its geography, without costing the M"*' one cent. Th** certainly gives to those emigrants a natural and just claim to liberality from their Gov*' wheither they will receive it or not time will determine* The present System, however, of the revenue laws and th. restriction as to emigration are clearly far from beige liberal or just- Thet,are oppressive to the highest and most vexatious degree By the former all commerce is totally paralised. and it seems to be the object of the lat- ter to strangle the new settlements whilst they are believed to be in their infancy. The emigration of natives of the U. S. of th. north is prp- hibited by the famed law of the 6 April 1830, thus cutting off all hope of future prosperity for an age to come, for it is very evident that it would take/h^e* to settle this country with europeans. A rigid execution of the not Ann laws