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Hymn to Peace -- Eulogy on the heroes slain in the war, in which the Author finds occasion to mention his Brother -- Address to the patriots who have survived the conflict; exhorting them to preserve the liberty they have established -- The danger of losing it by inattention illustrated in the rape of the Golden Fleece -- Freedom succeeding to Despotism in the moral world, like Order succeeding to Chaos in the physical world -- Atlas, the guardian Genius of Africa, denounces to Hesper the crimes of his people in the slavery of the Africans -- The Author addresses his countrymen on that subject, and on the principles of their government.
Hesper, recurring to his object of showing Columbus the importance of his discoveries, reverses the order of time, and exhibits the continent again in its savage state -- He then displays the progress of arts in America -- Fur-trade -- Fisheries -- Productions -- Commerce -- Education -- Philosophical discoveries -- Painting -- Poetry.