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menial fervantSi Therefore, revolting as the ideais, if they
haye> in this refpQ(ft, adopted a maxim which prevails among
the Indian tribes in A merica, and in the numerous ftatesof
A f ricA;i(thoUgh' the numb§r- o£.liye%, facrificed can never
I ere be haa&fty) one hath only to lament th^tpoMticalMeeejjtty
hath (in common with amukitudeof other-uncivilized countries)'
thrown a ihade over thefe new-difcoYered iflands^ < ,,
It fliould be the caution of every writer, •toeadeayour to
difarm .criticHm, by meeting Qb]e#iona that may be made^n-"
-After the good difpofitions jvfiieh the people of Peuew have
been’ feen- to' poflefs, k may poflibly be faid, they ffitegatady
dieted to pilfering when opportunity offered; a-.fenfure.
which many, I believe, think has beep too feyqrelygaffed
on the poor inhabkants of the louthem ocean;~In, the Pe-
joew iflands, it was never done but by thofe of the loweft
clafs; and whenever eompkuntwas made of my .thing^hf y»
jng been taken clandeftinely away, the King, -as well, as his
Chiefs, confidered it ns a breach;.of hofpitality, norcquid
their indignant fpirks reft till-the .article purloined was fearch-
ed for, and if found, reftored.-— Should {ome Eafterw prince,
magnificently decorated, accidentally, as he paffed:along,
drop a diamond from, his robe, and were a. poor peafant
(knowing how great an acquifition it was) to fee it fparkling
in the duft, where is that refiftance, that felf-denial, which
would go on and leave it untouched ?— A nail— a tool—or a
bit
t h e pie l s w i m jjcdrs;
bit,of old iron^uwas-' to»’/A^:fihe^Iurib;g/fdiamonbknTh.ey
had no penaUftatvite egamft petiylla^Bnyfi' They? foughfehnly
the*means o f rendering e^ffdp ihekdSil^srMoaslsbqjfjrfffep ©died
compafting-uwithljfafcihtypwliat uthh^?|mpe.r|e^Myr5
pliftied by ^^lnweaTied^etfe^;Grancc^!^^£}fl^'I iam'id®h6dei3t,
tliewoice of-leafon/will unite wiftejmcfm abating, tbdC^iqy'j
maaffchave.'beeremqpe; tbah',mep,thKditHdy{afftgd 4yfsdike men.
r¥irtuwj§vinuthe extreme wnnld'iB^Vdeeihed^l^t’iqcfentrf’i
where; the; ctoiffeifince! of too individmi^rin'ithescoMtf&omfintS
of refledlioi^pouid upbraid him with ^ ^ aw r ftE a b fg a^ ^
» hitndf Fisan' tQpiat ^ay’jbdfbre
•him 1' ;1
Ini'fhh. iam o 'o f',humanity, then, jiklgh with'lefe
^igduhohtef^k)W^featufes^^afid,cMoUldia«^dH^be
ifod fechtrivial fa f f in g to cdnfum thelbenevoleht inhabitants
o f Pelew; that cenfure, I truft'i - for the lake ©f-juttM?| .wBl
never be- paffed on them by thofe who liyhan ciyiliieff and
enlightened natioi^-'fbr Such mnft be 'tfo^ell'^hvineechof
tbe inefficacy of the beft-digefted laws, an d ,th | j^ |^ ft^ | f.
their own internal police to reftrain the Stoes ] of mankind,^
fey obferviflg^ . that all which P ru d en c e \^ ^ ^ ^ ^W ^ lom
©Ian, or Power enforce,- is 'frequently unable to prdtedf their
Property by night, or their Perfpns, ataBtimes^eyen under
meridian funs.-r-They will reffe<ft,;,that every bolt a n d b ^ s
zfatire on fociety; and painfully recollect, that it is not the
daring plunderer alone they have to, guard againft; they are
X x affailable