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deacons, the sum put down by myself, and the year's amount re-
mitted to the Society, as is apparent by the Society's publications
and letters. These contributions were entirely voluntary. No
g•-• o was asked personally to subscribe ; they did it cheerfUlly, on
being rippetded to from the pulpit. This is not only. according to
*mange of all churches, bettgreendt fe timlticripttnie.
rOncernieg the fowls and yams which the negroes gave us, I
can only say. limas very seldom they gave us one or the other. At
the holidays thret or four of the people would bring each a fowl, or
dada, or pun. to Allin.tinviiii, and is returnfer this, when they
pate sick, thoy would send fill ask few wine—genteelly half shade
sink-arivec; the qyantity of wise 'has given frem time to timer,
lan pretty sum, more than overpaid every trilling puteet made
haltha negromt
ounlilye—My selling beaks to the neprees haa•beeti spathes at
with disepprobatinn. 'the beaks were Bibles, 71retaintmlw. =
Yankee spelinig-berks, and catechisms. The Bibles and
tants were from the- Bible Society: they were mot with intakes
of Boat anti charms. allowing roe,hewever,a diesresigmarrpoweelet
Modisposal of dun.
Fiflialy.—That I have interfered with the treatment of the we.
pcus. 1 have not interfered in say manner with the temporal
emicerns of the negrees, save in such oases as were inthostely
blended with their spiritual concerns.: as, few instance, in settling
their disputes, rebuking the members Re ollbulye Inumige, taking
two wives, and immoral conduce in general. and giving them such
advice aa I thought calculated to render than comfortable and
hierf•
Tbis is what is meant by the passage read, " that a Missionary
must act the pert of a civil magi:unite.' That this was proper and
ironed no one can deny, for theSeri mine enjoins it.
diashly.—That I hare taught them to disobey their masters. In
semen of this, Axe states. " That I called up all the member*,
and inquired where they had been : same said working half raw,
ethers said their managers gave them work ; and that I thereupon
remarked, that they were fens for working on a Sunday for the
sake of a few lashes." This witness was asked, " Who was pre.
nut?" and he was required to name some one of them. lie as.
tiered that he knew no one ; but, upon being pressed, said, " A
diner of Air. Poelethwaite's estate." That this witness is not te
be:believed, it evident fmni the fart of his declaring that lie knew
not dee carom of the !embers present, although he is one of the
Ulna members, and is as well, if not better, acquainted with every
etemther of the chapel than myself. His re-.,.nn of forgetfulness en
this bead is (enus; he knew he was telling an untruth, and that
if he mectioned any iatlicidual by name, that individual would be
oiled to disprcre his statements. Bristol states, that he has heard
me speak about coring on a Sunday. and that I said, " :f their
mutes gave them work to do on a Sunday, they must do it, be-
came (bey could not heir it; that they were not to break the gab.
kai.t day in doing their own work, bicause they most keep holy
the sibreath day, which is a commandment of (led; and he em-
pladeally aided, "Met is ell."
*tenthly—That I have taught the negroes that it was sinful I,
to work or tragic no the ribbath:
Every member if the Court will, I am sure, allow, that in doing I,
an I taught one of the tine precepts inculcated in that Holy book
en which they hive sworn to de justice.
From many menages of Scripture which might be quoted, it is i
&Mous ti,at the violation of the sabbath by voluntary labour,
vdtich is not a'osolutely necessary, is retarded by. our Maker as a
heinous sin; and, on the contrary, the keeping of it in a religious i
manner is ennsidenll a virtue, and accepted as such through the I
m:ci s of the Redeemer. I
I ate truly sorry to be obliged. in my own defence, to touch upon
tend I must now suite; but I am not the aggressor, I did not
.brirg the journal i trc.ed, it has been produced, and those passages
reed; I am obliged, therefore, in duty to myself, to explain then.
The extract under elate 3/arch Yid, ISIS, ts, " That from the;
Aron-Nine of the regrces I was apprehen..ve of some disturbance;
t'e• I felt inc'ined to state my opinion to some of the rulers of the:
c..-Ittay, but thought no notice would be taken of it, unless I cti-
minted some one; i. e. lodged a complaint against
, some planter
:..r violatirg the law with respect to the data." The following
fame will, I trust. suffieierily explain this passage. About Otto.
her, 11113. the Aliesionary Society printed an extract from a letter
of mine, in witich it was stated, that'the congregation at be Ilesou-
venir bad lately decreased in number, owing to the planters work-
ing their slaves on Sunday. The fluid maw this, sem fur me, and
insisted no my bringing forward legal proof of the planter. working
their slaves on Sonitays, that he might prosecute the offenders. Aly
object hawing been merely to account to the Society. fur such
decrease in the congreemion, and new the prosecution of the
planters, I declined bringing such proof. The Fiscal then acknow.
/edged that In knew the negroes were worked on a Sunday, and
that he had twice fined Mr. Benny for this offence, hut that he
wanted legal anted* of other instances, or words to that effect. Thq
matter passel over, and the congregation continued to suffer from
the same alleged ranee. Ilenoe arose my reflections.
That I was invitee:lin these reflections will be shown, by proving
what I have stated. My journal, however, was the depository
merle Army own thoughts, and I never promulgated its contents;
bad I doer so, there would hare been witnesses found to prove it.
I shall now conic to that part of the charges which regard the
allegation of my baring had knowledge of the revolt, and not hay.
big informed the constituted authorities of the same. As the tint
pact of the second charge. rid the third charge, appear to relate to
the same supposed offerer, in tact, to be one and the same, I will
'together.
. Iteepee: to the first pact of the second supposed charge, it is F
le to make sense of it, either alone, or joined with the
part cf them:mod charge.
th respect to the third charge; the offence of which I am
therein accused is exprmisly confined to the 17th of Auguring peat,
and for • certain period of time thereto preceding. The
is bound to confine his evidence to facts within the linirtmrfiltitr
psiod; and, although he may bayeattempted to introduce ev idenee
of facts, white. he says. occurred on &Jay subsequent to the seven.
toroth, yet I do mint solemnly protest against seep evidence being
taken into consideration by the Court, and I feel convinced the
Court will allow the validity of my oineetions.
I shall, it is true, notice all the evidence, but I shall du so merely
to explain it. that it may not hereafter prove injurious •tomy chant.
ter, protesting, however, against its being noticed by the Court in
any other way, under the charges preferred against me.
I have told the lloart that I wish to meet all the charges in a fair
and impartial manner; I will endeavour to do so; but I will ineel
only the charges, for 1 am not bound to answer any extraneous clot_
ter, or au y frets not happening within the time the prosecutor has
steed. He has had niany wicks to draw up him charges, anti col-
lect his evidence, and if he bad nut, still the law will nut permit
bun now to supply defects.
The evidence under this head is threefold :
Is:. To prove that positive information was given me of the re.
volt on the 17th of August, and fora certain period of time thereto
preceding.
dd. That after the revolt broke out I confessed or admitted a pre-
vious knowlele...

3d. That I was on the 18th informed of the intended revolt, &c.
The witnesses on the tine point are Emanuel, to prove that I
knew of it three Sundays before; and B►istol, to prove that I was
inforisel by Quaniina, on the Sunday immediate, preceding.
Masud elates, that " three Sundays before this war cane. Qua.
mitts, actoropented by him, Manuel, came to saw lipase, to make
teluiry relieving a paper of freedom, of wkieb Mennel had heard
Jerk speak ; that Quotient' asked " wh7 Mr. Cart and Mr. Stewart
kid called on me the arerediag Friday r" and was answered, " to
inquire whether any of the negrors ever arse to ask are about this
paper; and further, Qii swum told toe, in his baartag. to take Jack
aid Joseph, and talk to them, because they wantal to make trouble
about this affair."

This statement is altogether false; Quamina sever opened his lips
In me about the paper (as they speak), except on the lith July.
'flits wiser* sty. it was three Sundays before the revolt, i. e.. the
31 of August, that Quainina And he came to • make the Surety
atlttied eo, and to ask why Mr. Vert and Mr.-Stewart hail called
upon me ; now Mr. Cos and Me. Stewart did sot call upon me till
the Bth ft A.ugust, and how is it pendble that oo the &l of August
any conversanon could have pawed relative to Mr; Cott and Mr.
.Stewart having called upon me on the Stb.
The simple tact% of to, supposed knowledge oe the 17th of Au-
gust are these :—On that day, it being Sur y, I bad been in she
thschareze of my ministerial duties in the chapel to a very late hour.
.1: was at Into foes o'clock when I finally left the chapel to go to
my dwelling-house. On arriving there, I found Brurtol talking
' woh Ms. smith about a little girl, a daughter if his, whom he
wished to place under Mrs. Smith's care. I joinedin their cones..
ration, and found that the girl had bid the measles, from the et'.
tests of which the was then stated to be only just recovering. On
this ground I objected to her being brought to the house uutil she
wax perfectly recovered. as they. were nerves on the estate whom
she might hare infected with the oompiaint. Whilst I was eon.
setrailg with Bristol. Quentin. and Suttee.. according to custom,
cans in, and were anon tollowed by two others. .Their coming in ,
was flouting unusual ; it was not a ciresiontenee to excite soy par.
Wetter notice. They seldom watt sway on • Sunday without ann..
Mg into the Lack gallery to bid us good bye. This was the coie
with none of the ',eerie, and I ounederial that they came In, eel
.that oraci.m, msely tor that purpose. They were all standing to.
',ether. and I vent into the hall to get a glass of wine. While
d•stkine it, l heard Qesinina and Seaton, who wire Mikiog toge.
that in a how tone of v..ice, use the words " manager and new
This induced me so rebuke theist for talking shoat such things.
Quamina 'raid, "Oh, it terethieg particular, thr ; we were retires?.
mg It would be gaud to seed our managers to town to fetch up the
near law." I Inuneliently replied, that such oonveraation was im.
proper; that they would be fools to say soy thing to their managers'
about it, for they were not the law makes; that if there Wes any I
thing for them they should was, rancid', end they would co doubt
aeon hear of it, either team the Governor or from their mowers hut l
that if they manifest•sl any impatience, or behaved imoolootly to
their manager*, they would lose their ',listens clustainer, and
would peuvuke tbe tioversiorhere' said the King and the Geom. •
anent at home. Qua' oirs reeled, " Very welt, Sir; Well ay no.
thing about it, for we 'tumid be sorry in KiAgosol the peo-
ple at hotee." They tern went out all together, eocii.biddiag me
and Mrs. Smith goal i.nernrien.
Fran all that passel I had not the ensiles idea that they in-
tended to revolt. The remain of Jack's cute on Monday evenieg
brought to soy recollection what I hail baud the recedhot cloy, and
muted nee the, to attach to it a meaning which 1 bad not attacluil
to it before.
I will examine tree evidence given by the witnesses for the mos.
amino. and will wet only content euyeelf with pointing at the he!.
emusimency and ienrobahility of the whole, but endeavour to 'owe
the facts as they reehlY WeeArreril•
Mato' if the oriiy woven ti, prove that I. rile informed of 'he
revolt on the 17:h of Aug.; firtaisl nays, ".at thetlunday,bekree Us:4
IleVelivarnies and Its Gunn: hats 110WICI in OW4g.e Abqut &wpm.:
..that t come from Jlieine., to make the.piaple (ere ; when we It
in, (biantina asked 111 r. Smith if any treetham lied come out or ,
sham, Mr. Smith told him ," 444asatina said Jack •atid..Joseph
votes . .ery much aylu"it. u,d waned to Ask, it be twit ;I.
Smith Iteolldd then* to wait, aid not be foolkb : how do vou
Mean to take it by force ? you cams* do any thing c ith the white