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I 32 ) respect, and apparent cordiality, that has hitherto been cherished by our liberal toleration, and judicious indulgence in all matters' regarding the celebration of their worship. . This tie once loosened, that binds them to our interest; this charm once dissolved, that attaches them to their duty; farewell all future dependence on their exertions, to any efficiency of action; and farewell that mutual confidence that can no longer be reciprocal, while distrust is engendered by a sense of injury and oppression. In such a disposition, they would be ready to join the first HolcAR among then, that should raise the standard of revolt. - . . . To secure, therefore, their fidelity, we must merit it by liberality;-by total forbearance from all religious restraint;-and by due attention and indulgence to their manners, their customs, and their prejudices, which are inseparably united with the rites of their Religion. If policy thus dictate a laudable forbearance on our part; let usexamine whether the object of our Missionaries be at all feasible in fact. . In the book. of their divine legislator МЕкrpo, it is thus stated, , , . . . - 94-oso" Patriarchs, to, Deities: and to ... . • Page 257. -