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SLAVE 'MADE.
- Mr. Wit.aruht•-oitcE brought up a Bill for tn-e-
-renting the unlawful hnportation of slaves into
the West India Islands. Ott the questiOn that the,
Bill he read a first time,
'Mr. BARHAM said, he did not rise td oppose the
Bill itself, because he believed it might be a good
and useful 13111 if it went upon proper principles ;
• but he wished to call the attention of thellouse
to some circumstandes-which' compelled hint to
object to the Bill in its present shape and form.
He believed it was intended to be the ground-
work of another Bill, which would perhaps be
the means of producing- (natty benefits to the situ-
ation of the Slaves in the West India Islands ;
and to any Bill that in his:opinion tended to the
amelioration of the condition of the Slaves them-
selves, no man to that floose or Qat of it would
be found to•be more ; but he could not
hiing himself to vote for the present Bill, be-
cause it supposed an accusation: of a very
injurious kind,-: which did not admit to
exist. , It supposed, that. a corxrabafid trade
'in Slaves was now carryin-Von by inerebants and
, planters in the several 'll:lnds, :I,d-it proceeded
to enact penaltics.against slich .contraband trade.
Now be contended that rbefine such an enactment •
ought to-be permitted to-take 'place, some proof
should be additeedith'at there: was actually such
• contrabaud tradexarried on. He was persuaded
,-that was not the ease, and he thought neither the
honourable member who brought forw.ard..thit:
bill, or any other person; could possibly prove,
by even prima facie_ evidence, that tune was any
such contraband tuade inexistence.. Ile had ano-
ther obiecilon, which. was that this hill would be
altoketrrer, nugatory and .inetrectual. It was a
matte' of great difficulty. indeed, to prove the
identity of-negroes. . This had. n 1.,. been she,.v va •
riot's instances, the honourable tnetnher and
all those interested 'in the. htll would bud_ it to be
the fact. The fair and proper course t,o pursuit.
eo.uld be loestablish pr to' that any such practice'
really existed. This could only. be done by in-
quirs, and to such an inquiry her would gladly
afford every assiAance 111 his power.; but_to make
enactments of a 'penalty against a practice on
vague and uncertain supposition was neither fair
no:
Mr. V. tituirrn regretted the necessity of dif-
fering from his Hon. Friend who had last sat
down, and trusted he would not persist in any
opposition to the Bill ; a Bill which was trained
`not against the great Colonial body, not even up-
on the assumption' that a contraband trade was
carried on to any extent, but upon the supposi-
tion that the crime was possible, and would there-
fore be attempted by wipe few evil disposed per-
;ons even in the most virtuous community. The
provisions of the Bill were directed only against
the few who may violate the law.
Mr. A. BROWNE thought the Bill wholly super-
fluous. What proof was adduced-of the exist-
ence of- the crime :intended to be repressed ? not
even an inquiry bad been made. into the matter,
an inquiry which the Colonies would readily as-
sent to and promote, and out of which be had no
doubt they would come with clean bawls. The
Bill' was highly oppreSsiie and uncalled for, for
which reason he-should oppose it. -
Air. P. MooRE said the Bill was entirely found-
ed upon conception, but that there should be
something farther to justify such a measure. He
• haul infortnatiou Atha there were many nefarious
practices carried on_ prkately in the Slave Trade,
wnicii required much more strongly to be. guarded
ag,aimt, 'than that sthight to be provided against'
by the Bill."
Mr. GoRDON eulogised his Hon. Friend (Mt.
Barbani)' tor his'humanity in the management of
his West India,priuperty,. and said, that his ex-
ample would do more to ameliorate the condition
of the Blacks- than all the plains of the pretended
friends of abu 1 ;ion. He should he sorry that any
thing should -ne' done .against•-the Colonial
•semblies; without some stronger proof of neces-
sity, particularly as he understood that they were
zealously employed in ameliorating the conditiOn
et the Blacks. If it could 'be shewn 'that the
abuses existed, he would go as far as the authors
of this Bill might desire. •
• Mr. WILBERFORCE replied trilhe* several 'argu-
ments urged against.the Bill. He contended.that
sufficient proof had already been given of the in-
sufficiency of the •presept laws to" prevent the
trading in slaves ;
„and 'also; that there ' Was no
probability. that the Colonial LeglslaltireAvoolel
adopt any step in -favour of the abolition; it was
therefore become Becessat'i;t tharsomething more
should be done by the British Parliament to pro-
mote that desirable object:, The Hots; Gentle-
'man replied at smite length to the arguments Used
against the Bill, and concluded With- stating, that
he should merely propose to have it read a first
time and Co be printed, in order that. it might
be sent to the Colonies, and lay over till next
Session.