ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY LEWIS COLBY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY T. B. SMITH,

216 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.

DEDICATION.

TO ALL WHO CAN BEAR KINDLY THE STATEMENT AND DEFENCE of truTH;

TO ALL WHO LOVE THE SAVIOUR, AND are WILLING TO KEEP HIS COMMANDS;

TO ALL WHO DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF HIS KINGDOM, AND THE DESIGN OF HIS INSTITUTIONS;

TO ALL WHO LOVE OUR COUNTRY, AND DESIRE THE PERPETUITY OF ITS FREEDOM AND VIRTUE;

This small Volume is Dedicated,

BY THEIR FELLOW-COUNTRYMAN,

AND FELLOW-CHRISTIAN,