The indolence of the negro is nothing to that of the American savage.* No earthly persua sion can induce him to work: no reasoning can ; reconcile him to habits of industry; no, force! can compel him to fulfil the great primal law, "By the sweat of thy brow thou ahalt earn ! i thy bread." He would rather die than) obey ! that law, aud therefore it is that he dies, and ■