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London, England, 1830-07-14 00:00:00

The motion, it was true, might occasion inconvenient
questions from constituents, but that was a thing he
wished. Such qtlestions had been put by constituents of
the last, and if they were repeated at the approaching
election, what would be the answer? Why, that Parlia-
ment had done absolutely nothing an this subject in the
four years during which theY had sat. But the best way
• to meet, rich ttuestillua; to take the itingstit of their dying
moments, to obtain a victory over the political grave to
which as a Parliament they were about to be consigned,
• would be to agree to such a motion as the present. As to
the House losing character by giving a pledge which it
'; might not be able to redeem, he would Only say, without
;" going into the delicate question of how far it bad any ch t-
racter to lose, that it had not much to lose on this question,
for iE bad not redeemed the pledge it had given with respect
to it. There were precedents for motions at the close of a
• Parliament pledging the House to particular measures in the
ensuing Parliament, so that in point of precedent kis mo-•
tion was fully borne out. The Right Hen., peritteman
cidil
had objected to the inret!on of the tenth final emaii
cipation," but he (Mr. Brougham) bad not said a word
• about any fixed period for that measure; but Mr. Pitt and
Mr. Donilas—and the latter was any thing but a visionary
. or romantic man—had proposed a resolution, fixing a pe-
riod, after which no negro born in the colonies should be
a slave. He (Mr. Brougham) proposed no such measure.
All he proposed was, that the House should pledge them-
;. selves, not to emancipate, but to inquire as to what
measures would tend best to ameliorate the condition of
, the slaves, so as to lead most effectually to final emancipa-
,. tion, but without fixing any time at which it should take
place. He had no notion of any appeal to brute. force ;
all he wished was that Parliament should do its duty. It
it waited till the colonial legislatures took, tip the Subject
effectually, it. might *eh fdr geniiratiofis, and nothing would
be donc. The constituents of those legislatures are men
who all took a wrong view of the subjec', and if the le-
gislatures were disposed to set, they could not. Objection,
were made in 1807, that if Parliament carried the ques-
tion of abolition, the colonial legislature would not con-
sent ; but the measure was carried, and not a word of ob-
jection was heard from the legislatures of Jamaica or Br,
badoes, not to mention Tortola, or other entail islands, in
the shape of resistance to it. The same thing would occur
if the Parliament passed such a measure al he alluded to.
When Parliament was found to he firm in its purpose, the
colonists would obey. He avowed he was much surprised
at the argument of his Right Hon. Friend, the Member
for Newcastle (Mr. W. Horton), who would not assent
to any regulation for the colonies made by Parliament, who
being at suetd distance could not be acquainted with
loCil circumstancee, yet his Right Hon. Friend had Lim-
self held out to the chartered colonies not an Act of Par-
liament, but an Order in Council, drawn up by men not
nearer to or better acquainted with the local eircumstancei,
and called upon them to obey that order. He agreed with
the Right Hon. Baronet, that the worst part of this dismal
eve was, the effect which certain atrocities had produced
amongst society in the 'West Indies. Ile alluded to the
triumph which attended the liberation of the Mosses. He
had fbrgot to locution that, in the case of the Moues, their
liberation from confinement was celebrated as a festival,
and by a public dinner. That was one of the most dread-
ful features of the whole case, presenting, as it did, such, a
picture of the state of society in the colonies. He should
rejoice if the House would agree to his motion ; but what-
ever might be the fate of this question here now, he did
know that it was the one which had stricken its roots
deeply into the minds of the people of this country, and he
would tell them that if they would not do their duty, the
people of England would do theirs.—(Hear.)
Sir GEORQE MultaaT and Mr. W. Howrow severally
explained.

The House then divided—
For the motion r 27
Against it 66
Majority against it —29
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSB.

• On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Excim
QUER, it was carried that the House should at ita rising;
adjourn to Friday next.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
.and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock to Friday.