our present condition. The beneficent lm ' pttlses and energies of Christianity have been j brilliantly exhibited in the moral and physical , elevation of the Southern slave under the ; slave institutions, now abolished. It would be \ impossible to find in the past ages any ex- I ample of bondmen who received, with few cx i ceptions, such humane and considerate treat ! ment, and the hardships of whose lot were alleviated by so many sympathies. Their rapid ; multiplication proved their physical comforts.