Does Mr. Fisher mean that "Northern," "Free-soil," and "Abolition" are synonymous terms?

There are navigating and non-navigating Statesthe Northern are properly the navigating States: the Southern appear to possess neither the means; nor the spirit of navigation.

The northern is Petores, near which is the town of Messina; the south angle is Lilitem, near which is a town of the same name.

The northern and largest is two miles and a half long, and three-quarters of a mile wide; whilst the other is rather more than half a mile each way, and has at the northern end a mound with a remarkable casuarina tree on its summit.