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the world. The curse is becoming more intolerableto the man who is considered the wealthy owner ofslaves, than even the imagination of the opposers ofslavery could have pictured. The great work of emancipation and colonizationis going on with zeal and success. Beside the ParentColonization Society, fifteen State Colonization Socie-ties have been formed, and more than two hundredand fifty auxiliaries established. New associationsare every day forming, to raise the condition of thecoloured free population; and these societies greatlyassist each other. These associations, formed for thepurpose of enlightening and benefiting the world,are the great moral engines by which it is now andhereafter to be moved. In the course of Mr. Eddy's progress in the variouswalks of philanthropy, he kept up a correspondencewith several distinguished philanthropists in Europe, and in this country. Several of those letters whichpassed between Mr. Eddy and his coadjutors, I shallhere insert; for what such men as Colquhoun,Lushington, Roscoe, Clinton, Livingston, Colden,Schuyler, Throop, and others of the same high repu-tation, have committed to paper, should be safely re-corded for all. future times. They were among the pioneers of true reform, and exhibited a rare unionof intellectual light with moral courage. The lettersare given according to date, as it would not have been possible to have arranged them in order of sub-jects, as some of the communications touch on anumber of topics. New York, 12th month, 7th, 1799. DEAR FRIEND, As it may be proper for the Canal Company tomake an application to the legislature this winter, Ithink it would be right to be prepared early. We