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Samples of the \Yheat nuts! be produt!etl fey the Party tendering. The Conditions of the Contract tear he seen at t 1 is Offtee, FAuth Tender must specify the pica in wotds at length, and he delivered before One oieloek an the day appointril ; and the Person wise maker the Tender, or , mine Person on his behalf, must Attend to answer when tulles! foC. M. WALLER CLIFTON. 1 '. '~:f ~ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1830. J i ll ICE 7n. No. ILI 82. la a few I;iy will be piritliodted, a Nov Edition, in That .Nrols. post Svo. T TA LTER COLYTO N. A Tile of tiae.Reign of Ja►nen 11. , ANTI.SLAVERY MEETING. lty the Author of " Bramhletye House,' " The character* of Jametill. and his. dauehrera—the -ketch of . 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Norris Moore has m a _ Wished a Deli& with Mr. Edwards, G 7, fit, Pittri Church yard ; Mr. Sanger, Oxford-street, opposite Buntl-street, and Mr.-Strolling, at the entrance to the Hoyal Exchange, ; for the sale of the above Medicine. Pricy 21. ed., I Is., and Ili rausilt )39tt1es *tr. each. (From the Ztlinburgh I:vening Couratst of S tt , irday.) - Yesterday a general meeting of the Edinburgh Society for promoting the'Anlition of Negro: Sla. Very was held in the Assembly Rooms, GeOrge street, the Right Honourable the Lord Provost in the. Chair. ;. • ,On taking the chair his Lordship, said—This is the first meeting of the kind I have had the honour Of attending-much less of presidieg. The question regarding which we are assembled here today is one which has been so fully discussed for so many years past, that it would be in vain for me in my comparative state, of ignorance to attempt to make. any, remarks on the subject; but I am, happy to think that I am ably supported on my right and-left by those "who 'have made the question their sleep and serious stud/ ; and I feel confident that it Will be treated with that calmness and temper which ever ought to, distinguish the discussion of such grave and important question iii such a large oisem lily as this am aware thatmeny practical dif ficulties attend the abolition or negro slavery and that rfituty apologies are offered for the existence of it • .and - I have only further to shoe, 'that in pfoing about to attempt to correct the evil, every ouewlll look much more to the proper :corrective than to find fault with its existence, .1 am, however, sorry to soy, that it is much too, common in . meetings of this nature to find fault, without attending to the means of remedying the'evil, and I do not see that any good can come from merely stating that an evil exists, unties a remedy for it be also pointed .out. His Lordship then stated, that the Dean of-Faculty, who had made the subject his study from his earliest Years, would lay before the meeting a series of reso lutions for their adoption. The DEAN OP FACULTY-1 believe it is known toyour Lordship that iris only in consequence of the unavoidable abNence of more than one valued friend, in whose hands the business would, have been far better entrusted, that the duty has devolved on me of opening the proceedings of this day. In laying before this great assembly the purposes for which it is convoked, I may, in one sentence, state, that they have been called together to take into consideration, and have submitted for their adoption, certain reso lutions, which have been prepared by, a committee of persons long ; conversant in matters of this nature —expressive: of the sentiments of 'those who shall adopt them, of the infinite evil and misery neces sarily attendant upon colonial or negro slave!). ; and expressing their conviction that the time is now come when sto further, delay should. be interposed than is absolutely necessary for arranging the man; ner of its total and final abolition ; and that, in the meantitne, such mitigation of the intolerable suffer ings—such mitigation of the unutterable wrongs of the slaves, by means of their instruction and im provement, as .may be best calculated to promote the ultimate liberty_ and happiness of that-tace, should be adopted.. Such is the general _scope of the resolutions which I will have the,honour to pro pose for your adoption; and which it is intended to embody into a petition to both Houses of Rohe- Mont. Peeling as I' do the truth of the remark that just now fell from , your Lordship, I mean with re. gut' to the: lung protracted discussion which this ttektion has !Ind : crime, and that. the degree of in formation which must necessarily have been obtained by those svho have felt so much interest in the clues iion coliie here that, if left to the dic tates of my own judgment, I would' have' been dis posed not to intrude on the attention of the meet ing farther, than : simply to have requested their adoption of the resolutions and petition. Certai n ly i it s,no part of my purpose to detain this assembly by going over the many revolting and unutterable abominations of the practice against which ire are arrayed, nor the many inducemeriti to point out the imperative nature of the duty devolved upon roe by the cause I have espoused. 1 believe there me not many persons in this meeting who do not know all that I etn pretend to tell theta; and I believe t h ere is not one of them who requires any additional sti. Mttrus to influence his opinion and decision in this gi interval anti has why elapsed, aps tet s easier , metref,, But as it is long ti t l e° it meeting of thi s kittiketisheld in this city, and as th ese w h o h ave called it, and taken their fellow.cltiattus from th e i r ordinary aVocations, think themselves , b oun d to I o t.t:ish t hey a n g hysor e a fitht t:: and why 'so little has been done m the caus e h 1 moMent has. been selected for arousi ng t h em from the apathy into which they h are . f a ll en, I Wok it is necessary to say thnt it h i to j u o fy t h e reasons , which have brought US to 0.: tiler, than the delay which has been allowed to take place. .At the Sttme timel think it is right t o re eairto.tne attention of this numeroui meeting th e past proceedings in the cause cm which we are . now met, because I do think that , nothing can so well answer the purpose or,the view; which 1 wild* to impress on this respectable auditory, than a bri e f retrospect of the peat. Ntithing can more clearly and lamentably enforce the necessity of our -bestir ring ourselves than the many Mischiefs which have grown nut of the delusive and sophistical argu ments that have been mainteiued with effect, though incapable of being verified. It would be absurd to go back to the historical origin of, that calamitous traffic and miserable bondage, which for three cen turies his been the curse anti disgrace of the western oolonies•Of Europe. It is guilefully known that the introduction of slavery followed hard at the heels of that inhuman, and that tiever-to.be-forgotten or for, given, extermination of the native and innocent people of the then newly discovered country by th e i r Spanish conquerors; and that it crept in gradually into the colonies of every other state, in cense quence of that example, not then questioned, nor for long after publicly vindicated. Bale) the credit of Christian Europe, it ought to be 'remembered, that for centuries back the voice-1 will say the unanimous voice--of all Christian and reflecting men, has been ridged against the object, nature, and tit - reasonableness of that system which we have tnet here to-day to condemn; and with regard to Great Britain, so long ago as.the latter part of the century before the last, the people raised their voices against that barbarity_-more -.especially that most meritorious and exemplary body called the So ciety' Of Friends. The ettrlicat of all appeals against ilavery 'proceeded from some members of . that Society, in one of the American colonies where' sla very existed, so far back as 1690. It was that body who first struck the light, and had fanned the flew into a blaze, by which - I trust the abomination is et list to be consumed.--(Cheers.)-1 must pay the same tribute to all the great thinkers and philoso phers of ' our Country. Amongst the early end great names enrolled us hostile to slavery were two eminent individuals, for in 1750 or 1760, the most decided testimony was published agaost it in n pam phlet published by Dr. Adam Smith, tied Dr. Ro= bertson entertained similar opinions. I mention these names, not so much from their philosophical. acumen; but because they were practically worldly wise men, who took up that opinion advisedly, and maintained it tealously and dispassionately, end to as great nit extent as these who have since been branded ass 'wild, visionary, and enthusiastic. Per haps it may be owing to a natural partiality, and I trust an excusable one, to the profession - to which I have the honoor to belong, that I next beg leave to call your attention to what I cotteeive to be the true origin of the spirit that first led to the unsealing of the eyes of the nation. The first triumph of reason slid justice was obtained - about the same period by, the so l emn determination d the Supreme Courts o Liav in the case of Somerset in England, in 176?; a"d. of Knight in Scotland in 17 . 79, which wt•re both decided on the seme prineiple, andOn no other than that upon which we are now ,esaembled namely, that it was e , ntrary to law and justice, and incapable of being; defended, ley custom, nerve, or P rescription,"thatinait . entild heti a claim of pro. • petty in his fellow men, as his good* - mid chattel: This was first brought forward by the meritorious and philanthropic exertions of Mr. Granville Sharpe, contrary , to the feelings - and prepossessions of the profeSSion to which he belonged, and of the Go eernment. Bet so convincing were his argument.. that ,he wen o'ker the great body of the people, and made a sleep impression on the great mind of the• talented Judg e, Lord Mansfield. This fact wak established, not upon any technicaliie'or quibble but upon the broad principle and basin of the Mm man law of England, which does not reeognixe - a right of property , in human beings. Thus breaking the *hackles of the sieve, ,and telling him to ~tano erect in fell equality with other men.----(lleae,) A similar case occurred in Scotland a few year after, and that was' the . principle Upon which it was ruled. I speak advisedly 'when I say it was ; nOt. ruled upon any peculiarity in the law of Scotland, but on t he more broad and general' , prinelplse to which. Litive already referred—that slavery was contrary 'to - the law of Goa and nature,; and therefore inclinable of being defended in any Chris tian country. The Learned Dean then proCeeded to give a historical detail of what had been done this great question since 1784., by Clarkson and Wilberforce, Pitt and Dundee, and Burke, and !utterly by Fox, till the trade in slaves was abo lished in 180 G. During the short, but on this ac count ever glorious and never to be forgotten admi nistration of Mr. Fox—the ardent prayer- ' -the earnest wishes--and the long delayed hopes of, the British nation were at last consummated by the final abolition of the slave trade in 1800.—(Applause.) That was a triumph—that was a vie:my—which, in point of fact, insured, and sloes insure, all the triumph to which we in the same field can. aspire. Then,the film fell from the eyes of the nation—then was the moment of victory—the - oppressor was then truly worsted, and he knew h;s :defeat—then his feet failed him, anti he was laid low -- then was his spear broken rind his shield ;pierced: through.—(Loud cheers.)—Although he might rear tip a patched but miserable appearance of defence, he knew that in that hour his kingdom . had passed from him. The Learned Dean next narrated the measures which had taken place: from 1806 to . 'lB23—stating that the French war had put it our of the power of the friends of humanity to carry into effect their anxious wishes, and proceeded, I come down to a date which is pregnant with important Measures to the cause it which we are now engaged--I mean 18-3, - The leading Members of the Gov er nm en t, a ll thong; from the time of Mr. Pitt, had been favourable to the nholition of slavery ; but at this time, under the euspicei cif Mr. Cunning, something like arrange ments were proposed on the part of Government.-- A number of individuals deputed by the West India proprietors, with a committee of the friends of abo lition, and the matters at issue were understood to be arranged. Audit is matter of history that the Go vermnent, with the concurrence of these West India proprietors, did give its sanction to resolutions de claring that slavery was an evil, and ought to be got rid of as soon as that could be done ; but, in the meantime, with a view to lessen th e. di ff iculties of . emancipation, certain preliminary and urgeht mea sures in mitigation of the state of slavery should be adopted, and certain improvements in the state amid condition of the slaves should be effected: I need not tell you that those resolutions contemplated the edueetiug of the slaves, and the providing them with religious instruction, some remedies as to the infl;ction of corporeal plinisliment,aed the admission of the evidence of slaves, the working out of their own manumissimeand the appointment of a guardian of sieves, to whom complaints might be made, and, if necessary, transmitted to this country. I believe the friends of abolition ef, slavery were not willing to trust much to colonial legislators, or the pledges given on the part of ' slave proprietois, but, being leagued with the Government, they did not:refuee that an experiment of this kind Should . be tried. i I. shall now trouble you with some facts. Certain of the colonies, contaieing two-thirds of a slave pope latien, have a sort of constitutional government of theirown, possessing the power Of internal - regmile, end the others are the conquered coloniei, which are under the immediate control of the Crown. 'The difference between these are, commands of the Crown are authoritatively given to the latter, while to the former its orders are conveyed in the shape of recommendations to their own legislatures. Now, though endat e years have elapsed since th e s e recorn m seven ss n vere given to the Colonial Legislatures make no violation of the truth when I state, that nothing aubstantial has been done—that not one of them has obeyed, and that in all and every pobit. at most, only an artful and evasive : compliance has, been given. In the Crown colonies the most lama, imperfect, and :unprofitable, obedienc e h a d b ee n g i ven to reiterated orders in Council-, and even 59 late as February, 1830, the list were issued without effect. Ott the part,of the Colonial Legislatures they were treated with a sulky silence, alternatively with .an in solent direct refusal ; and finally with a practical re fueal and.diaobedience to those instructions, so that upon the whole the state of two-thirds of the slave population wits not a whit better than it was in 1702 ; thus, at this moment, two-thirds of that po pulation endure those miseries which were in 1823 actually pledged by the West India proprietors, them selves to be suppressed; and the ethiscenerice is, that, at the end of seven long years, th e re sult comes t o b e t hi s , that, except in the shape of the express authority of -the British Perliament, TiO hope new remains for the termination of -this miserable state of slavery. Now we stand in the beginning of a new •reigie and at the convecatioti of a new Parliament, in which it is said there is a greater number of new members, fresh from contact with their constituents, than has sat in any Perlias meet which has; existed in our :day; and I ask you whether a ease has not imw been made nut, with out the imputation Of precipitous 'or premature in terference ? For if we have zeal,'• we have been patient; if earnest, we have been long suffering and if we now carry the public mind along with us, the aboliti on w ill b e attained. It is. neetniiary (Or roe to still sou g h t to ma i ntain the say a wor d or two on one pretext, on which itis foul rag of slavery, The colonies say, we will net go into your measures —we are to rt certain extent politically independent states. Independent states a handful of bankrupti —my we Will - make our own laws, and bid you dc fiance. Teb ago „ , and Trinithol—goodly depeedent totes I—say that it was from our inters fereece that the American colonies revolted, and that if we interfere_ Oust they will revolt oleo ! Derive the American revolt the right of a slave to, freedom was boldly asserted, maintemed, anti Admitted; and Mr. Bailie, the mighty advocate of American free, dum, while he contended that the colonies had a right to tax themaelves,never entertained a doubt that . they ,haA no property in thi sieve.. -These colonise} May talk of their independence; but who is it that keeps the knife of the alive froM the throat of his oppressor ? Anti how t»any have we not kept from bankruptcy th° meile P ely we g iv e them the sale of th e i r produce ? These mire the 'kerosine : who come forward t o ch.& amid insult time public. of Oren Britain, and any, we liaveno right to meddle with their' concerns. I have only referred to that, heeauee it is plaaed at the Italia of the argument; and will page over their blasphemy, diet slarety it jun r:fied by Scripture. They quote Scripture- - flat Shakespeare his said that the Devil can quote Seripture to suit h;s purposee . I next come to the ;Mint where they say that Ly law the slave is pros. perty, and we may do With him what We deem proper; and in the next place doing with them what we can, we do very well, You are mistaken, hey are not oppressed—they are remarkably 'con tent and happy—they are far better than they %Timid be if they were enitincipated. On the first of them , 'points it is absurd to talk. If they agree to emanci pate their slaves, and can make out a claim of, pro perty beflre Parliament cr a Court of .lieitice, un questionably they will be &aided to compensation; and undoubtedly the Lepisiature can take fur , ge neral purposes the.propertrot any man on compete. sation. But Ido not think that they can mske out a case of compensation, for the queition of this' species of propetty has been .ruled on. general prin elides three tithes in England and twice in Scotland; 50 years.ego. I should like to know, if it is pro. , perty, what are its peculiarities. hit the property 'of an animal ?---and if property at all, it must be of that nature. But 'does it resemble the propetty of art animal? If it is property, why not the West Indian entitled to kill' his slave as an animal, and eat him, or sell his flesh to feed dogs, And his skin to make saddles ? —(Hear, henr.)—lf properly at till, it must be property out and oat, and thvisable like all ptoperty-s-they must he entitled to cut up the carcass into the most minute fraction, lint upon their own principles, it turns out that only one party is to have all the right, and the other all the wrong ---the one all the benefit, and the other all the injury—the one all that renders life a blessing, and : the other all which can render it a cese.—(llear, hear.)--:-The other point involves no subtlety or ar gumenr;. it is a question of naked fact, and 'idol-• tunately a fact on which the evidence is oeerndialm ing against them. They say that the slave popula tion is happy and contented as they are st present — that to emancipate them would be to injure them. I admit, if this is true, that it is a good answer, end that to interfere with them would be to interfere with their happiness. But I cannot admit they can 'take out this proposition. "defy them to prove it. There is another obvious mistier to this; if it be true, the planter has then no interest to maintain the slave in slavery. They stty' they are better fed, lodged, and doctored, thrin the peasantry of any country. in the world; and, if free, would not earn as much as supply them with us much food and clothing ne they give them. Why, the best answer to all this is, the slaves do not think so. If it is averred that the slave would earn less when free than when in bondage, why do they take from their own picket the means to confer a benAt on this most thankless generation ? But the truth is just the reverse of all this. The only ob ject the planter had for keeping the, slave in this state is, that he gets more work out of him than the mere amount of the cost or food, lodging, end cloth. ing. Tlic learned gentlemati then went on to show that the'slave`population decreased in the colonies, in the inverse ratio of the free block population, and that the' Maroons, though a prOseribed race, doubled their 'Mother in 40 yea's. He then adverted to the great amount of crime among slaves as a cont.,- quence of their degradation, anti remarked at some length and with great force, on the disguisting ef fects of corporeal punishment, and 'the great. care taken to keep from them the' cemforts of religieux instruction. He urged, with much eloquence, the necessity) of first educating the slave to raise him to that sante in' society w h ic h, a s a human b e i ng , he was destined to till. It is said, he remarked, that the slave is trot fit for freedom ; but whose fault is that ?—they have beets in your hands now since . 1806. If they are ignorant, you have kept them so had the confront of all, their actions, and the power of railing forth the energies of their !pied. If they are ignorant have you''not perMitted and ens couraged that ignorance. If slaves are revengeful-- who is it that has' inflicted the wrongs they wish to beirevenged of; if they are unwilling to work, who is it that hail joined with. work, degradation and ter. ture ? The learned Dean concluded bit powerful address by stating, that he saw no such danger from etnancipeting the slaves us was contended for by the. West India Hunters; and concluded by moving n seal of resolutions, the lending feature which was to declare, that after .Innuary, 1831,'a1l the chil dren born of slave parents should be' declared free, and sat dowu amid great cheering,. Dr. RITCIIII4 of Potterrow, seconded the resolu tions. Dr..TIIObISON amid not allow the resolutions to pass without stating that ha did not agree With them as-to the period at which emantipnticai Should be obtained. So far as these resolutions go they are excellent, and 1 will give every credit to the com mittee who has drawn them up, but in my opinion they.tio , not go far enough. They say slavery should be uholiihed—when was this doubted by any Chris tian ussetnbly ? If the meeting adhered Co what . was stated it was not one step more advaneed than it was several years ago. It proposed that this should be dontrat the earliest possible or practicable period, but what did that. mean ? It just means that the poasible period is likely to be . many years !tenets. Now, in my opinion, I would go a step far ther, and insert the word " immediately ;" I am us. tonished that any one can acquiesce in the premises laid down, or in the soundness of the arguments we have heard, without seeing the necessity of an int• mediate abolition.. I would just beg this meeting tf► look for orie moment to the history of this quo*. ' turn and to the many vain and abortive attempts made by active philanthropists in this cause. What Was it, with regard to the Government, but a his• tory of affected or mistaken confidence in the colo nial legislatures and West India Planters, a confi. dome which had been as often abused-us it bad been reposed in; and What was the history of the quits tion, in respect to the Christian people of this couter try4but a series of disappointments and sad delu sions. With respect to the West India Preprie. tors it was a history full of professions, deception% and deceitful promises. Was it nut a consummation devoutly to,be wished for-,the delivery of 800,00 Q huMan beings ? Why were the eternal principles of justice and equity to be compromised for maxims of expediency.or. policy P The ground of expedi• eticy ie one which the West Indian delights to oc cupy, and he will argue with you- for -ever and ever upon it . ; he will, however, use sophistry for argue ment, and there will be no fair play in that ease. , -. for we all know that ingenious Men have often not much regard to truth, unit can easily make out a case of expediency; but in all such matters 1. would rather come to a decision on the principles of justice vat humanity than on expediency. know that attempts will be made to frighten uo from an immediate abolition, but the statements of our opponents ate contradicted by filets. Do their feurs tally with their treattnunt of their slaves P Dr. Thomson here referred to the ergue went of the Dom of Facalty its to t he condition or the slave population. `lna planters say 'the slaver are as happy as the peasantry of this country. I will take them at their word, Laic! hey, stud he it s o , ll' that he the ease, whercis the- danger of leaving them to themselves ? Where is the risk of their re venging injutiert, Utile' , have never suffered wrongs P leaked of cutting- each others throats, the argtimitit cuts i!s own throat, TIM truth is, that it is . the must abitutd argument cle brought forward; and though no hind to :qe ',bed :iug of blood, I would rather that a great deal of blood was shed, if neces sary, than that 00,0 . 00: hum en beings !deed(' cot. !Mee in hopelette beenlitge.—( clear s , lwar.)-1 may he told that the skeet are nor prepariel to receive retlotn—but whese fault is deter neve not the planters known for years that it sees the, feelings of the people, find the intention Of the Leglidature, o eive emencireiert, and why are they not pre. pared ?...Just,:because mote expect .and wish that they never :will be prepared. H say,-if any evil is mit:Owed, it: is the duty, of the Legieleture to , rovide for the security of both .master. and slave; and I belie , that at whatever period Governmeet may lleCree the elation of elaeery, that they will eoneider their work hut half done if they do not do eree—The'Rev. Doctor now adverted to the state of religion it, the Colonies. The planters were hound to proelde for the personal comfort end otereid wel fare of tlie elaree; and whatever mightibe done by Government towards emancipation, religious in• struetion must form an ettient;alpf that system. On this point what has been done ?, Yee have heard i good dee! but I will mention one feet more. The &Oath is the day Which 'ought to he deveted to the eel giOus instruvtion of the eineee; but the planters hare mark errangentente by which It is' phyeically impooilds for tour instruction ttj be Obtained; and the inference 1 draw tram this( is that there are manly who are not willing shit the sieves ebould lea prepared for emancipeition. The resolutions contain one proposition to which I cannot accede—the pro p-teal that at a certain perial, say, the lit of January, 1831, it shall be enacted, that ell the children born after that period shall be .free. This I maintain is en utter tieleeion. It is the approval of the principle that man has a right of property in his fellow mart, at,principle which 1 never can admit ---Then, %Om( is to be the state of those children barn .after the Ist of January, 1831—who are to he declared free, while their brothers and sisters are to be kept itt state ofhontlage--(Cheers)—because they heppeettl to he, by the providence of God, burn before the 31st of December, 1830 ? They are not to he dt. dared free became they are born one hoer ierlier than their more fortunate burlier or sister. Then, again, think of the feelings of the parents of those children—they are shires, subject to the legit of the cart whip, end that, too, before the eyes of their fr ee childree.—(llear, hear, and cheering).--Ageiti, who is to train up those children--or are they to bet Priv'. rated from their parents ? Are the ties whicleexibt between parent and child to be broken—or are the letter to be brought under all the .feelingit end in fluences of slavery ? If so, though free, they will be vicious as slaves. The Rev. Doctor their mated that it was the imperious duty of the meeting to come forward and tell the Legislature, es le came as free and enlightened Christian people, who cant judge in a ease of this kind et well as any Legieletere on the face of the earth, what they wanted, and that they were determined to have; and expressed a strong what that the word " immediate" should be embodied into the resolutions,---(Loud cheering, and cries of "'Move, move.") • r Dr. RITCME was willing to go all the length Dr. Thomson proposed, but because the resolutions WI been brought forward by a Committee, he would not oppose them, bolding his own individual opinion es in no way pledged. The LORD PROVOST asked if Dr. Thomson', Emotion was seconded. . Mr. 11. D. DlcKitt said, rather th.ni ilrdt the Motion of Dr. Thomson should rid/ for ienot of it seenn&r he would second it. Mr. &UNION, advocate, offered tt tow worth' by way of. argument• in opposition to Dr. Thomson, hot he was heed with very :great impatience. Dr. TnoldsoN said, he was unwilling to intrutlt , on the meeting, but•mentnined, that the pliblic lint! been too long bamboozled and : hoodwinked on this inbject. lle ales remarked, that the (idiom of n ot emancipating the slave pptilition; and whattiver consequences Might ensue from it, 'lay upon those who refund to , ernameipate, and that pence was only maintained in that colonies by troops sent front this country, but, if the planters would not concede, these troops ought to be withdrawn. A gentleman who stated himself to be from Trinidad, next addressed the meeting. The t e n. deney hie Observations were to the dice; that if (oveinment was allowed to proce.tl in the manner they w e r e now going on, !bete wooldl soon be no ;laves in that colony, "'hoot one-half of the' popoia. tion of which is free blsck labourers; and that 3 tie) was its peaceful star., that property was more VA luable there than any where elso iu Ole West end that there was not a single pnuper in the w nolo 8111PsoN' suggested that the matter should be lett to the wisdom of ParUlm( tit to rimtheimio slaves as speedily as possible.-7(CrieS of " No, oo , ") The Lont) PativosT thotight there was more in genuity than solid argument in the reason . ng of Dr. Thomson.—(hear,) --Dr. Thoni , ion had said that he would wish the objeet gained even though it should cost. blend; but would it not be better if the Klink' good could be accomplialted without blood shed 1' His Lordship said, us Chief Magistrate of the city, he could not preside at a meeting where, such Kent imosts were uttered. Dr. TuomsoN said hr had been rnishpprehrnded. Suppose, said he, we had lands o n th, C ont i nen t, and suppose a neighbouring nation invaded them, and for years maintetinad possession, its spite of rc monstrance—would not the Lord Provoir, rs loyal subject--and who doubts that his Lordship is so ? say that we should go to war against that nation; and what Was that but to shed blood P But with the Lord novost war, is not the same with blood shed. If the West India proprietors set themselves against the principles of etetnal justice, aed refuse to give freedom to the slave, on them be the, guilt and the responsibility of shedding blood. Mr. Dolittt said, when he seconded the motion of Dr. Thomson, he did not state his reason;, hut his maxim Was borrowed from a heathen philosopher, who sail) fiat justilia, runt cream, which he would English thus," Let justice be done, be the ,conse quenee what it may.' The both Pstoroter....Aa chief Magistrate atilt! city, I cannot preside at any sneetists Ore such sentiments are uttered. Ilia Lordship here suddenly left the and a very singular scene took plate, sortie - Oiling on Dr. Thomson to preside, others holding that the meeting was dissolved, the Chair being vacated. VaiiAts propositions and speeches were made, but it was now somewhat dark, and a good deal of confosion ensued, so that our tepOrPl was tillable to tido notes. An attempt wee mule to unitive Dr. MT' le to take the Chair, but he des lines!, hecatew he did not concur in the propriety of 1)r. sot's proposition. Dr. Ritchie suggested that another meeting of those friendly to the views of Dr. Thomson should be 'held'on a subsequent day, while Mr. Campbell of 'Carbrooli tried to hring them over to his Views' by contending, ttlat. who would go the length of petitioning for howiedi. at. 111101illon, could not fffnale in polio)! for eventoul abolition. 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