nine o'clock
If a community has that within itself which is dangerous to its well-being , it becomes pertinent to inquire whether there is not an imperfect state of society existing , and whether this policy is not injurious to the well-being of the State . The evil , though it be a mortifying fact , we are bound to say , arises from a strange notion of caste and color , which measures sympathy according to complexion . There is no proof that can possibly be adduced , showing that colored seamen have made any infections among the slaves , or sought to increase the dangers of her peculiar institution . THE consul 's office opened at nine o'clock , -- the Captain , with his register-case and shipping papers under his arm , presented himself to Mr. Mathew , handed him his papers , and reported his condition . That gentleman immediately set about rendering every facility to relieve his immediate wants and further his business . The consul was a man of plain , unassuming manners , frank in his expressions , and strongly imbued with a sense of his rights , and the faith of his Government , -- willing to take an active part in obtaining justice , and , a deadly opponent to wrong , regardless of the active hostility that surrounded him . After relating the incidents of his voyage , and the circumstances connected with Manuel 's being dragged to prison , -- `` Can it be possible that the law is to be carried to such an extreme ? ''