The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-16 00:00:00

of
o the nation." •
The CHANcELLo“)f the ExcatduE4 said, con-
curring
as he d;cl ii the general objea 01 the- lon.
Gentleinan, it was painful tp hini to find any part
of the Atidr,-ss such as ht must consider to be irn-
-proper. He objet7ted to that part pledging the House ,
to toke up the subj,:cA in the ensuiiig Session. That
assage, 1-F.! hoped, the Hon. Centlem4n would have
no. objeltion to exptinge, as .it,+Aas not, common to
give such a pkt.LIO iii au address. 1f 'it shouldappear
desirable that the House should give such a pledge, it
.would be better t.f., cone to-it in a resolo"tion than in an
address, thoUghas the materials befoye ,thent were at
present so scanty; and the Hon. Gent letuan.had Into-
sell.given a pledge to bring the subject forward,
thought they would do well to content themselves i
with that. With respect to the little progress made
itrotir negociations :with forjign Courts on the sub-
jet% it Should belemembered, how long it was be-
fore this country was weaned from its old pirejudics.,

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and reinembermg that, we ought not to be too sac,
..gnine in our expcaations of the conversion of others.
Endeavnurs had been made, and some success,
:to make Portugal favourable to the gradual Aboli-
tion of the Slave Trade, but some allowances were
to be tnae for (them if the Portoguesecovernment
were not as favourable as eoull be wished, when it
was renicmbered how little 'leisure they • had for
turning their attention to the subjeo.
Mr. M4ay,,C,TT thought those persons who some
years 'ago settled in Trini6ad, Ving encouraged-so to
do by tile. then Government, had a•fair claim totem-
pensat ion, having on the strength .of that encourage-
ment purchased large tracks of land, which in con-
sequence of the abolition Of the Slave Trade, they
could ,not put -into a state of -cullivation, and' of
course lost their value. _The measures adopted bad'
not
.rffyanally checked the trade. We :had only
changed charataers, and become_the receivers instead
of tile dealers, We merely .Shared thatl)rotit with
others which formerly we had all to
,ourselves. If
those concerned in 114 e Slave Trade were as inhu-
man as 'hey were said to be, they ought to be con-
s!dered as no better flim Livered, at7d as'such cap-
tured and condemned, to 'whatever nation they tniBht
He had letters which. stated,.that the only
• obstacle to' an alliance t,ctween-South Aanerica and

"this country, was'z.fear on their part
,that. we:would
put a Stop.l.6J.berr slave-tr;lde. If, ou•.the first abo-

li~ion of I naS trade on 'our part, we- had declared, th 4
after 'a certain period we would capture all concerned
iu it, we shouidnow hav'e heard nothing-of such a
cilcauistance. Such inconveniences _ ever resulted
from half measures. Spain Was now invoking
Heaven and EArtir to a,sist her in her :struggle for
- It might havi! been weil,'had we made the
abolition of the SlaVe_Tra-le on her part the price of;
assistince on ours. We might have told them, that
we could -not reconcile ourselves to fighting for li-
berty witli the one and. for Slavery with the
other.

• Mr. W. SiViltig n'as.- of opinion that some such
might have• bceu wade with Spain. .
Mr. .STEPHEN tliought'Ministers li,i 3 neglected` no

opportunity of endeavollying to eifect the general
rioli ioa o the Slave Trade. He could ,as soori lore
a man who had strangled'his infant, child, as give
his feeble support to *Government wt:o allied to
sugurt and foirow up-such a measure. He thought
the Hon. Gentleman had magnified the extent' of
the contraband Slave Trade. Sorry should-he be
if sthe best law ever passed to relieve suffering hu-
inanity IA ere so grossly violated. The Slave Trade,