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by the negro-drivers , and instantly tied up to the beams of the piazza , or a tree , without being so much as heard in their own defence ; when the flogging begins , with men , women , or children , without exception . The instruments of torture on those occasions . are long hempen whips , that cut round at every lash , and crack like pistol shot ; during which they alternately repeat , ' Dankee , massera , " ( thank you , master . ) In the mean time he stalks up and down with his overseer , affecting not so much as to hear their cries ,
till they are svimciently mangled , when they are untied , and ordered to re . turn to their work , without so much as a dressing . . ' This ceremony being over , the dressy negro ( a black surgeon ) comes to make his report ; who being dismissed with a hearty curse , for allowing any slaves to be sick , next makes her appearance a superannuated matron , with all the young negro children of the estate , over whom she is ' governess ; these , being clean washed in the river , clap their hands , and cheer in chorus , when
they are sent away to breakfast on a large platter of rice and plantains ; and . the levee ends with alow bow from the overseer , as it begun . ' His worship now saunters out in his morning dress , which consists of a pair of the finest Holland trowsers , white silk stockings , and red or yellow Morocco slippers ; the neck of his shirt open , and nothing over it , a loose flowing night-gown of the finest India chintz excepted . On his head is a cotton night-cap , as thin as a cobweb , and over that an enormous beaver hat , that protects his meagre visage from the sun , which is already the colour of mahogany , Avhile his whole carcase seldom wei g hs above ei ght or ten stone , being generally exhausted by the climate and dissipation . " .
[ TO HE CONCLUDED IN ouii NEXT . ] Rudiments of Political Science , Part I . containing Elementary Principles , nuilb an _ Appendix . By Angus Macaulay , A . M . Svo . 179 6 . 6 s . in Boards . Egerton , WE think the world much indebted to the author of this performance for having furnished what has been long a desideratum in the republic of letters , an elementary treatise on the Science of Politics . This important branch of
knowledge unquestionably deserves a place among the sciences ; and Mr . Macaulay has endeavoured to establish it on the only solid foundation , that of experiment , to the exclusion of theories and system . Accordingly , he advances as a preliminary principle , that a knowledge of human nature , as displayed in individual characters . ancl in the history of nations , i ' s the genuine source of Political Science . On this foundation lie lias proceeded to erect his superstructure ; and has already made considerable progress : yet , perhaps , of
the chief merit " the present work will be found to consist in his arrangement ; and in the scientific form which he has given to what has hitherto been a rude and indigested mass . Those alone , who have experienced the difficulty of extracting political truth from the numerous , and , many of them , voluminous publications , in which it ' lies at present dispersed in various fragments , are qualified to appreciate the service , which this writer has rendered to young political students , by enabVmg them to methodize their
studies . Our limits will not permit us to detail the order which the author lias adopted , any further , than b y laying before our readers the titles of bis Chapters ; which are Chap . I . of the Origin of Civil Government . II . of the Necessity of Civil Government . III . of the Ends of Civil Government . IV . of the Ri ght of Civil Government . V . of Political Resistance . VI . of Indil vicinal Consent . VII . of Forms of Government in general . Under each of these heads , observations are introduced , which seem not only to arise naturall y from the subject ., but are clearly connected together ,
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Review Of New Publications.
by the negro-drivers , and instantly tied up to the beams of the piazza , or a tree , without being so much as heard in their own defence ; when the flogging begins , with men , women , or children , without exception . The instruments of torture on those occasions . are long hempen whips , that cut round at every lash , and crack like pistol shot ; during which they alternately repeat , ' Dankee , massera , " ( thank you , master . ) In the mean time he stalks up and down with his overseer , affecting not so much as to hear their cries ,
till they are svimciently mangled , when they are untied , and ordered to re . turn to their work , without so much as a dressing . . ' This ceremony being over , the dressy negro ( a black surgeon ) comes to make his report ; who being dismissed with a hearty curse , for allowing any slaves to be sick , next makes her appearance a superannuated matron , with all the young negro children of the estate , over whom she is ' governess ; these , being clean washed in the river , clap their hands , and cheer in chorus , when
they are sent away to breakfast on a large platter of rice and plantains ; and . the levee ends with alow bow from the overseer , as it begun . ' His worship now saunters out in his morning dress , which consists of a pair of the finest Holland trowsers , white silk stockings , and red or yellow Morocco slippers ; the neck of his shirt open , and nothing over it , a loose flowing night-gown of the finest India chintz excepted . On his head is a cotton night-cap , as thin as a cobweb , and over that an enormous beaver hat , that protects his meagre visage from the sun , which is already the colour of mahogany , Avhile his whole carcase seldom wei g hs above ei ght or ten stone , being generally exhausted by the climate and dissipation . " .
[ TO HE CONCLUDED IN ouii NEXT . ] Rudiments of Political Science , Part I . containing Elementary Principles , nuilb an _ Appendix . By Angus Macaulay , A . M . Svo . 179 6 . 6 s . in Boards . Egerton , WE think the world much indebted to the author of this performance for having furnished what has been long a desideratum in the republic of letters , an elementary treatise on the Science of Politics . This important branch of
knowledge unquestionably deserves a place among the sciences ; and Mr . Macaulay has endeavoured to establish it on the only solid foundation , that of experiment , to the exclusion of theories and system . Accordingly , he advances as a preliminary principle , that a knowledge of human nature , as displayed in individual characters . ancl in the history of nations , i ' s the genuine source of Political Science . On this foundation lie lias proceeded to erect his superstructure ; and has already made considerable progress : yet , perhaps , of
the chief merit " the present work will be found to consist in his arrangement ; and in the scientific form which he has given to what has hitherto been a rude and indigested mass . Those alone , who have experienced the difficulty of extracting political truth from the numerous , and , many of them , voluminous publications , in which it ' lies at present dispersed in various fragments , are qualified to appreciate the service , which this writer has rendered to young political students , by enabVmg them to methodize their
studies . Our limits will not permit us to detail the order which the author lias adopted , any further , than b y laying before our readers the titles of bis Chapters ; which are Chap . I . of the Origin of Civil Government . II . of the Necessity of Civil Government . III . of the Ends of Civil Government . IV . of the Ri ght of Civil Government . V . of Political Resistance . VI . of Indil vicinal Consent . VII . of Forms of Government in general . Under each of these heads , observations are introduced , which seem not only to arise naturall y from the subject ., but are clearly connected together ,