22. And as the last mentioned number of slaves are supposed to be born within forty-five years, their whole number will be extinct in fifteen years more, that is, in _one hundred =and= five_ years from the first adoption of the plan. 23. By prop. 19. it appears, that out of 1,200,000 negroes, there will then be 961,875 under the age of twenty-eight years, the period of emancipation. 24. We may therefore conclude, that from _two-thirds_ to _three-fourths_ of the whole number of blacks will _always_ be liable to service.] I am not vain enough to presume the plan I have suggested entirely free from objection; nor that in offering my own ideas on the subject, I have been more fortunate than others: but from the communication of sentiment between those who lament the evil, it is possible that an effectual remedy may at length be discovered. Whenever that happens the golden age of our country will begin. Till then, ----_Non hospes ab hospite tutus, Non Herus à Famulie: fratrum quoque gratia rara._ THE END. End of Project Gutenberg's Dissertation on Slavery, by St. George Tucker