ABOLITIONISM UNVEILED.



reared its lofty and craggy peaks, often covered with snow.
Braced by the mountain breeze, our little Harry grew up
with a vigorous and healthy constitution. His parents were
not only attentive to the true development of his physical
powers, but bestowed their pious care upon his moral
training, and the proper cultivation of his mind. At an
early age he was sent to school; but tuition was at a very
low ebb at that day-hence but little knowledge could be
acquired.
  Those, then, who undertook to " teach the young idea
how to shoot" were miserably deficient in all the qualities
essential in a teacher. Their qualifications never ascended
higher than common Arithmetic, and as to aptitude in
imparting knowledge, that was a gift which had never been
bestowed upon them. There need not be much surprise,
therefore. if our Henry verged toward manhood without
mental improvement. Though he had been to many dif-
ferent teachers, yet when about seventeen years of age he
could barely read and cipher. The fault was all theirs:
they knew not how to smooth the path of knowledge to
make learning attractive, by removing those obstructions
that impede and sometimes overwhelm the infantile mind,
in its efforts to comprehend the intricate principles of the
arts and sciences. He was suffered to grope his way, as
best he could; and it is not astonishing that his progress
was slow and discouraging.
  However, the scene now undergoes a change; better
teachers came into the vicinity, and his pathway became
illuminated. He imbibed a taste for learning-lie devoted
his whole mind to his studies. le resolved to be a thor-
ough scholar in all the branches of a good English educa-
tion, and in this he eminently succeeded. None could
speak or write his native tongue more correctly than he.
  Having arrived at man's estate, he selects for his help-
mate one of the fair daughters of the land. In the choice
of a wife he was greatly blessed. Now the thoughts of
our Henry Gray were turned to the West. The fertility
of the Ohio valley was diffused throughout all that region
of country. He decided, therefore, with his numerous
slaves to emigrate to the West.
  Not so with his brother John, two years older in age,



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