To the above might be added the views and opinions of many of the most eminent men in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland, and other States, among them the Hon. Mr. Bates, and Sam’l T. Glover, Esq., of St. Louis. But none seem more appropriate to close this volume than the following from the Rev. Dr. Duffield, of Detroit. _Detroit, Feb. 18, 1860._ DEAR BRO. KENDALL:-- Allow me to commend to your attention the object in which Mr. Harris has embarked. I think very favorably of it on various grounds, but regard it as especially indicative of God’s providential designs in relation to the introduction of the gospel into that portion of our American continent which has attracted our attention, and which led yourself with me to memorialize the General Assembly on the subject of commencing a system of missions in Mexico, Central and Southern America. I had intended writing to you on the subject with a view to the prosecution of the matter of our memorial next spring, when the Assembly meets at Pittsburg. I know not, nor can I learn, what has been done in pursuance of the action of the last General Assembly. The whole matter as reported I failed to understand, and have since had no light shed upon the subject. May not this movement prove an occasion, if not of connection to the mission, of bespeaking a deeper interest in behalf of our benighted populations of Central and Southern America than has yet been felt by and in our country.... Truly Yours, GEO. DUFFIELD. REV. DR. KENDALL, of Pittsburg, Pa. FOOTNOTES: [A] See Appendix. [B] When the island was discovered by Columbus, it received from him the name of Hispaniola--“Little Spain.” It was afterwards called Santo Domingo; but the original name given it by the natives, and revived by Dessalines, is said to be Hayti. The Haytien territory, however, is but about two-fifths of the island, the greater part being owned by the Dominicans. [C] Within fifteen days a disaffection has been discovered near the Haytien frontiers, supposed to be the work of Solouque. Solouque is an imitator of Napoleon I. Napoleon went to Elba--Solouque to the island of Jamaica. [D] Published by A. P. Norton, New York. [E] For a beautiful description of this affecting scene, see Whittier’s “Toussaint L’Ouverture.” [F] Rainsford. [G] Rainsford. [H] Anthony Trollope’s West Indies and Spanish Main. Harper and Brothers. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: peaceful and benignant mean;=> peaceful and benignant means; {pg 30} undeveloped reresources=> undeveloped resources {pg 74} FATE OF OGE AND CHAVINE=> FATE OF OGÉ AND CHAVINE {pg 84} and and is as much beholden=> and is as much beholden {pg 130} victims of iliterate abuse=> victims of illiterate abuse {pg 164} where it is has once been=> where it has once been {pg 169}