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Show XI,. tirtsleil tolarl,!,,, tVsik la lllilorj. ISow If wo cnminre tho map of Africa of ten yours ago with the pros cut map wo tin 1 Imuu 110 changes ISo imrallel can bo foon 1 In tho history of tho world At tha present tlmo tho whole of tho vast African continent, eioept tha centnil portl n surrounding l.aka '1 chad, has Uf n dlvl led up, an 1 six states havo allotted theuixltca lm-inenso lm-inenso drpcndenclca. However iinpro-ceilenleil iinpro-ceilenleil tho proceedings attending this artltlon havo lu, all friends of lin-nanlt) lin-nanlt) can but rejolco at tha result. In the first place, tho most admirable principles havo laxm admitted to govern gov-ern idl tho central xono, Including libel lib-el ly of worship, equality for all alike, and peaco based on neutrality. I.seii on poll where tho states pursue their own Interests will nrlso centers of clrlllrarlon aiid ptvgnw Ono hnstl mabla benefit will result from this, namely, tho suppression of tha slato trade, which dovostatea tho dirk con Uncut, nnd which, It Is calculated, con deinns yearly about halt a million tin man being! to death from 111 treatment or starvation. Tha slave trala Is, therefore, destined to succumb, for It will ceaso to profit those who carry It oik Tha United Hiatus, which nbul lihed slavery at such Immcuso cost, ennnct fall to nppl.au 1 U1I1 result. In jwlntof fact, an entire continent has Just taken lta plaea In tho iconotu!u an I social world, pnilsely as It It hail Jiut been discovered. INo ono can na yet foresee what will bo tlio couUtnces of theso great cltongea. Professor ljnllo do Laicleyo In Forum. |
