ABSTRACT
AFTER the insurrection was suppressed, great confusion anddistress prevailed. The people began to suffer more than ever before. Their labours were increased, and ITleanS of support dinlinished; over-driving becanle comnl0n; and while 111any causes combined to coerce thenl to the utmost of their power, or beyond it, their complaints were no longer heard. They "Tere under the yoke and the lash, yea, under the wheel, fallen, crushed, abandoned, hopeless. The tale of bricks ,vas increased, and the stra'\v 'w·ithheld. Defeated, disappointed, and suffering beyond what they had known before, they seemed in Bl0st places to give way to despair.
