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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Travels in Some Parts of North America

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His are the mountains, and the vallies his;
And these resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy
With a propriety that none can feel,
But who, with filial confidence inspir'd,
Can smiling say, 'my father made them all!'
Are they not his by a peculiar right,
And by an emphasis of interest his,
Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy,
Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind,
With worthy thoughts of unwearied love
Which plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world,
So cloth'd with beauty, for rebellious man?

During the time of expressing the above lines,
an unusual solemnity prevailed; and although a
very large number of friends were present, which
might amount to two thousand, yet not the least
discordant sound was heard. A few the women
friends had withdrawn, some discussion took place
relative to the slave trade, in which it was lamented
that the endeavours of friends and others, had not
produced the desired effect; but, that it was still
carried on with rather increasing avidity. Under
these considerations, friends were called upon in
the most impressive terms, to remember the
oppressed Africans, in their supplications at
the Throne of Mercy; and, under the weight thereof,
the yearly meeting concluded to general satis-
faction.