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London, England, 1844-05-17 00:00:00

Whin. ifs did not know that he would be called on to
do so till he had entered the meeting, and he, therefore,
thought he should be best consulting the satisfaction of the
Meeting by merely seconding the resolutionswhich was, that
the report just read be printed and circulated under the di-
rection of the Committee, and that Geo. Wm. Alexander be
requested to act as auditor, and John Scoble be Se. s
and the fidlowing be the Committee for the year ensuing,
with power to add to their number."—t Here follow the names ]
Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON then came forward amidst loud
cheers, and said that, though -net wholly unaccustomed to
address public assemblies, he could, with the utmost sin-
cerity and truth, affirm that he never felt a larger
amount of reluctance in presenting himself before
a public meeting than on • this occasion. He rose with
considerable pain, because he rose to submit to the meeting a
proposition which he was bound to say was not brought be-
fore the meeting with the concurrence of those respected gentle-
Men who constituted the Committee of the Society, and whose
right it was to arrange the business to which they were to di-
rect their attention. He would state, as he proceeded, the
various considerations which moved hint to discharge what he
conceived to be an imperative duty. He need not say he stood
before the assembly with feelings
of entire and cordial sym-
pathy in the great objects they were met to pronote.—(llear,
-clear) He would refer to his past life, and would attempt no
justification of himself from any imputation that might by
nessibility he cast on his zeal in this great undertaking.
Ye was sustained by the conviction in undertaking this sub-
Pet, that no individual had a stronger desire to see the uni-
versal and speedy extirpation of slavery. He was also sus-
tained, by the conviction and it was an honest and deep one,
Tilsit he came there that Morning, and was accompanied by
others, in the capacity of a promoter of peace, of uni,n, and of
that harmonious action by which they could best support the
titiestion now befnre them. They deprecated dispute, still
teac , near.) 1 key
more d.istraction,, and, most of all, division. and desertion.—
desired that the friends of emancipation
uld be one ; and that if they could not see eye to eye on ever, .
s enestion of policy and the means by which they
uld work, theyshould, at least find some certain and
~e°llnd pr* • .
melp e of action by which they might all stand,
Would °r
any -°Mulned, and acting together, without any division in their
councils
d'
in their work.—(Hear, hear.) It
again for s g an opportunity, which would not occur
the year, if they were not to bring before the meeting
trim!: that there was at this moment amongst the best
regard of the anti-slavery cause divisions of sentiment as
ferine P°lley and consistency of the Committee in inter-
fisearrp—r°,llgli the medium of Government, and by means of
lie conceded s, with the question of slavery.—(Hear, hear.)
of iotsucet,med for those who differed from him perfect honesty
IneasuereleS Ile claimed not for themselves any larger '
thao fh °'''aeerity, any larger measure even of enlightenment,
at es,,
nut he o,,sessed those friends who differed from them.
hots c.--cetlyed it most important, standing on. the three-
certain ~11°,tuer year, 'that an attempt should be made to as-
body jo'? were the feelings and opinions of the constituent 1
lie roi,‘,/:(2oae contributions and voices they were sustained. I
Port, take exception to that part of the Committee's re-
disc "ea declared that there had been a " full and candid
plain
of this entire subject." He was not there to com-
tionlthat those who Were willing to discuss this great ques-
tion not been permitted through the medium of the accre-
sews •°,rgan of the Society, to speak to the country on the
state".__et-91
they were not allowed to put forward their
cossiuents and sentiments, except so far as the honourable
esuutletor of that organ might please, in the centre of
white ditional article tcs• notice some portion otfohn speech,
pusilitlbe views on the other sideleotf, t s_ i been
tilted. in the organ of the Soc 3 ihnethueerorm of letters,
nbuted through the.. length and breadth of the land.
kr. ir not seen in that publication the views entertained by
Mr. Anstey, and Mr. Spooner; no statements em-
mga calm elucidation of the views of these who differed
that the Committee on this question. It was however right
thosehfl views should be brought before the public though
rose regretted he was the individual that first
dual to expound them, and that some indivi-
d. of more ability than himself had not done so.
but not blame them for the course which they had taken,
consistent
vital to the Society to consider whether that was
policy—whether the Society should be exclu-
of a moral and religious character. •With reference to
e7nirlAulinating duties he must remind the meeting that these
Gos.""IY be maintained with foree.—(Hear, hear.) The
shiNSernment could not carry out any law for the exclusion of
to t: g-rc'wu sugar without force—the thing was abhorr,e,nt
to,„ a teehngs of those who constituted that Society.—(` No,
by and cheers ) How would such a law be enforced, but
spJennieoast blockade and a standing army ?—(Cheers.) What
cote.d the law be for? To prevent a certain article from
so‘iniug into this country because it was produced in another
be sotrY where slavery existed. It was true that there would
snide to
difficulty in smuggling sugar ; it was too bulky an
bet ite t° be smuggled. It was not. the sanctity of the law,
s be
that made it inviolable. Such
.a law
fZeoenly for the maintenance of monopoly.—(Cheers.) Ninety-
Padiatut of a hundred of the people of this country would re-
to ei e the law, and think that it. was no crime against God
liipode it. But suppose it were possible to smuggle sugar
Pre,sg°ld, and lace, and jewels, how could that smuggling be
s_s_
.anted but by cruisers and coast-guards and revenue cut-t
o'fit''re --(Cheers.) Would that Society make itself the agent
pan_ tiovernment in carrying such a law into effect
sers ,
cusapprobation.) It was objected that by intro
toer C urazilian and Cuba sugar, and the sugar of Porto Rico,
y would be an aggravation of slavery ; but he held that
aggriesest„th6 produce of these countries would be a greater
hases'quon of the evils. It was argued also that if they pur-
sdgar the produce of slave States, they were directly
When-.igulg Slavery. What, were they encouraging slavery
the `"eY sent missionaries throughout the world? when
in. 3 disserainated tracts and made sacrifices personal and pis-
nasd for the abolition ?—(Cheers.) How could they go to
hoeest°vernment and ask for a discriminating duty to prevent.
to to_ People from buying that which they thpught it no crime
coo
p--(Cheers.)
do ,0`4,!--`;l..s:stax in one of the galleries called out, " What
4
„ about cotton ?"
allowed`sLfalltstess said that h. e hoped 3. Ir. Thompson would be
,°,proceed without interruption,
these t,'‘f• iiioairsos resumed.-11 hen lie sought to pur-
protinc;uto sugar, he might be told that this sugar was the
but s 4 of slave labour. He might not have known that ;
110-f:l",even when he was informed of it he might think it
Inach Cheers.) They might tell him that he would by
slave sing that sugar be aggravating the horrors of the
iliesdtLade_ end of slavery. Nevertheless, he might be in-
Alley c; leder We to ea ; and now he asked them, did
nrder s older it their duty to inform a Government officer in
them .ts° Prevent him •P
—(Hear, hear.) He v ould ask
13-)I' as an Anti-Slavery Society they were eparedto,
~teu rder
,Prevent him from purchasing this sugar,ot eer
to hale ki°vernment officer, and
t„. „Lim order that fi
wheerss id" to
be as bad in prin--
t
tiPle „ prison. He did not believe they w.ould..—
ut if they did, they would
e men who carried on the African slave trade.—
Cheer It was right that the negro should be free.—
hire s' It was wrong to take from him his labour without
tweet;t but it was as wrong to tell a man who had fabricatedthe
best Yiards of cloth, that he should not exchange it to
Jud a'vsatage.---(Loud cheers.) Who made them the
hire ever his conscience ?—(Cheers.) They should leave
toesist° kettle that with his God.—(Cheers.) They mtrs_t.
theni'lee his understanding, and then he would be with
(i.encit that if they attempted to force him—hands off .—be d.
se,sseu"rs.) And now for the argument that they woul
rillkliZavating the horrors of slavery. There was a certain
for-Y•of sugar required for the whole of Europe, of which
trin Jilted only a small portion. This sugar was brouginiti
Co;Cßrazils, from India, from Java, from Cuba, from
tiace:i., from Sumatra, from Manilla, and from various other
‘,Ve refused to take Brazilian sugar., but we wen
utere, •4' Nsmatra, and Cochin, and we said to the people
tended ut„Give us your sugar." They replied, " We had in-
' stillien-1 have taken it elsewhere, but as we can get a
'din-, mere for it in your market, we prefer
wh;rhit to England." Now, that would leave the market
InPrastheY were wont to supply without their accustomed
n'lssf' brazil was in the habit of sending sugar there, and
trete oWsere they doing by withdrawing the. sugar
hP 6'4e Markets but creating a void which would be filled
the auger from the Brazils.—(Cheers.) If it was against
they wtHteience of the people of this country to use this sugar,
eeas_tlci.°l,4l,! abstain from it ; but. if the nation was without a
-`4itste,•,7 on this subject—if it had no conscience—he
tad asisge right of this Society to go to the Governmen
the for their assistance.—(Cheers.) They were begging
h whole
eqd, Question when they said, if so many more. hoe's-
'ere; fri 'diger were produced, so many more slaves would be
"ere a °nl their native land and transported to Brazil. They
1-at th saluting that which they could not prove.—(Cheers.)
ssughtle
prove its----(Loud cheers.) How had they hitherto
salt ale.; Put an end to wrong-doing ? Why, by the best of
`tfte el--,,aa--by moral means. They had relied solely on
ha's" and if the Government had volunteered its aid,
-gler rePadiated it. They wanted not the aid of the se-
They r m ; they looked to Heaven for aid.—(Great cheering. )
n'ere e„,eued on the Almighty.—(Renewed cheering.) There
those `",_°ug those who took an opposite view of this subject
until 1740 said that not a man in England should be taxed
'tsi test! was enfranchised.— Cheers and interruption) 'They
sham..mitnt Ott ibis question the unenfranchised were against.
were knee; that those who enjoyed the franehis
"hy, ust them.—(cries ((Yes of "No politics," "Question."'
,)
the Was the question.—(Loud cheers.) They. knew
isre,at body of the unenfranchised were against them.
They knew that the great body of . the en-.
esr Were against them.—(Loud cheers.) . They
el% 'oat ti l • • of a large proportion of o p ie rea oyinion
iliac the4rllltraent was agiinst. them.—(Cheers.) They knew
ti-ey wts were in a minority themselves—(Cheers)—and
1.-s'e,suPPorted in Parliament by men who had been
ueselL4':r iticons• tent on this question .—(Loud cheering.)
tueir '"•;; when it •ted their interest to procure a law tor
llttown
4.rge4 'Port, took the arguments of the Clarksons and
ipsiati Poe eting their own arguments in support of class
hs-'eat stsheY came forward with arguments furnished
inatabtS the Anti-Slavery Society and in the name of
-„"aertsj‘PrePPesl up the West India interest. (Loud
:4Le„ a4,.„,-'4O answer had been given to the question, why, if
-"en dXtted sugar, the produce o :free labour States, at a
°we e ("erential duty as compared with the produce of our
tries, rues, the sugar, if proffered by slave holding coun-
layered ouled be refused'? That question had not been an-
nregtic:,--,(Cheers.) This principle of refusing slave labour
Proet,,,,! uad never been introduced before. Why slave labour
ltesn-7.vras in the all was upon the platform.—(Cheers)
heeks t their round their
personss-.(Cheers.). It was
fettered kk'bears.) It manacled their feet—(Cheers)—it
111
the their cola--(Loud
yet shape .."'f
p sre i
n( oudtacheers) -it was in their pockets
mmense cheering)—and
ahelave..ugerY,,:nere called upontne to act upon the. principle that
abolished produce was to be excluded until slavery should.
i-Pie with They were to be told that this was the prin-
al the cis;
.West Inctians in Parliament, with West Indians
the msn'enet, among whom was one who had been one of
totsici",e,c talented defenders
_t f la ry in our own colonies.
°,,a ths`e37. f°rget that the:Pure.
.tns vrehadvoted. against them
siantaiortes,tion of the abolition of Togging women in
We and t 'amid cheers.) Why they had. lied to meet
lute of the again in that hall to appeal- to the religious feel..
Peeposs:',"e eountry to aid them in opposing the pro-slavery
ainofnhpthdese men. Let them observe
ytheir argru-
-11%4t;' werne
led°ut cog to sugar, and sugar alone. Nothing s as
4Pe out
, of thee-zireetieers) How was this ?
iHumanittyter
had
feet*-- was no hurnanei;
capital and labourp?tint the sugar-bowl.—(Laughter.)
Lauenho
s taking slavi-liels
of thee to t e eleepot. T
hiere we b
aofou r cp ee, althoug
the three-foerths
' Livation of.
coffee. Brazil were employed In_ 1
leadss'e kne Would those men be likely to aid them
to
twheti.i.a_tmthe.e.xtinction of slavery in the Brazils would
uaeairnwoettla,fOr tth: eyopnettrn of Brazilian sugar with the sugar of
c4r The b •
nuiniadnet4e slbayve
rote t •
rt)h,
in
the Bras
ao
fdoor
ever.
isferfe there
the
s against their asking Government to
Wovii re for the overthrow of sla e o eeted to the
44,:`,Pg of the repor.ta _ laie called uvporyn. them tol4j prove befpre
s, e to force for thhed
r.eP"ng it They
propagation lways repudiated
of their theopinions,ia oaf havingow
ours
nd
V_ler were seeking to
!,w tee„,s en c, have recourse to force ; tor what was the
Govern „lent roved by.i the physical force at the command of
used, binultgstlllbi tceedalec it might be inert, it
.:t,Tl;:' be not it
et
existed.
army did
clouds obscured his. The sun was not blotted
effulgence, and a standing
Ati„ did not the less exist because they not bayonets,
I",t neard not the thunderth saw its
ern look back of its cannon.—(Loud cheers.)
_ , at their reports for tie last twelve years,
ci,4,_oneers e the religious cha •The character of their efiorts. la eyes
hav`ue People were upon tb d
re e recourse to the • • Government n he besought them not to
_Plidiated eve alod of They bad always
coercion.
ND:
exam f force, and every appeal to every kind
I' a in that hall a proposition was made to

send an expedition to the- Niger they had held aloof from ,
that scheme because the steamers carried arms. They would
not co-operate for that reason. The scheme- had-gone to
,the ground, as this would also if they did not adopt the prin-
ciple which they had then repudiated.—(Cheers.) He was net '
there as the representative of any man but himself, and the
course which he should recommend to the Committee was to
let the question be an open question—(Cheers)—not to act
officially on the subject; to see if they could not reconsider
their constitution, so us to reconcile the pacific principles of the
third article with the provisions of the fourth. They should
recollect that they represented the anti-slavery community of
England. They did not represent their own subscribers
only; and they ought to act in accordance with
the feelings of the community at large.—(Cheers.)
Let them reconsider their constitution : ►t was a vital point.
He asked no more that day. Every lover of freedom must
deprecate anything in the shape of division.—(Hear, hear.)
The sum total of his amendment; on the motion before
the Chair, was that they lip uld suspend their judg-
ment, and with that suspend their action, upon this
question until they had reconsidered their constitution.
Mr. Thompson then read his amendment, which was to the
effect that " while that meeting awarded to the Com-
mittee its most hearty commendation for the activity
and 'zeal it had evinced In the cause of universal
abdlition during the past year, yet, considering the honest
difference of opinion which prevailed among the friends of
that cause on the subject of disc►iminating ►iuties on slave
and free produce, and on the propriety of a Society, which is
restricted by its constitution to the use of those means which
are only of a moral, religious, and pacific character, inter-
fering through the medium of Government in the question, it
deems it right to instruct any committee appointed to refrain
from acting on that part of the constitution which pledged
the Society to promote the adoption of fiscal regulations un.
favourable to slave labour until the articles of the Society's
constitution were re-considered." He then proceeded to say—
Let them individually abstain from the use of every article
if it was slave-grown, if they could do so, Let them recom-
mend that as a duty to others. Let them not go to a Govern-
ment whose aid they could not get in the- shape of a law
without force. Let them not, while maintaining the prin-
ciples of liberty for one class of men, violate its sacred prin-
ciples to their own countrymen at home.—(Cheers.)
:qr. GEORGE Was. ANSTEY, of Devizes, seconded the amend- •
ment. _ . . .

A GENTLEMAN, whose name we understood to be Wales, a
barrister of Leeds, here rose in the midst of the meeting, to
speak ; but his observations were in so low a tone of voice,
and the cries of " Come to the platform " were so loud, that
we were unable to catch one word Of what he said. In the
interim, while the Learned Gentleman was making his way
to the platform,
The CHAIRMAN said he would venture to suggest to the
meeting the extreme difficulty in which they would be in-
volved if they should take the whole of its proceedings out
of the course for which arrangements had bean made.—(A
Voice—" Fair play.")
Mr. JOSEPII STURGE would, if the gentleman who had
possession of the chair, permitted. him, in a few words, en-
deavour to suggest a mode in which they might fall- in
with the resolutions of George Thompson. He ( Mr. Srurge)
conceived that the subject before them was of such immense
importance, and a right decision upon it of such great con-
sequence to millions of their fellow-men, that, while lie gave.
to his friends who differed from hint the credit of the since-
rity which he claimed for himself, he implored all present to .
look at it with calmness, not under the excitement of oratory,
but as a matter of trade. He had understood that the reso-
lution of George Thompson would have been differently
worded. Let them mark that he (Mr. Sturge) was
one of those who went the full length of free trade
in all legitimate matters of commerce, but he did
think, that if it were proper to go into the ques-
tion now, :he could, without any oratory, show
that the stolen produce of the stolen man ought to be treated
as stolen produce. But what he would suggest. was, that the
amendment now proposed be adopted, with this alteration,
that they should not suspend their proceedings until a deci-
sion by the Committee was come to. His objection was, that
the course suggested was prejudging the question, on which
George Thompson himself had given an opinion in the
affirmative. All he asked was, that those friends who took
his view of the question, would make that alteration in the
resolution. Before he sat down he might be permitted to
make an observation or two: The conduct of the Govern-
ment had been imputed to the Anti-Slavery Society, as
though it were their conduct. Now, they only asserted their
own principles as far as they could. They did not inquire
who those were that supported their principles, if they did
what the Society thought right. 11'ith respect to them-
selves, they never pretended to be anything but the repre-
sentatives of the Anti-Slavery Society, and he saw himself so
generally in the minority that when he got into the majority
he would think himself wrong. All he wanted was to have a
fair consieieration of this vital question.
Mr. HOWARD HINTON understood Mr. Thompson to say
that, on receiving a pledge on the part of the Committee that
that they would consult the constituents of the Society on the
revision and alteration of the clause which related to fiscal
regulations, that he would withdraw his amendment.
He as a member of the Committee said there was no difficulty
in-the Committee undertaking to consult the constituency on
the subject. If they did not act fairly, theY would be respon-
sible to another meeting of that sort, before which he would
never dare to raise his voice, if there should be any interfer-
ence in the matter. The members of the Committee ;were
present, and with their acquiescence in that pledge he trusted
Mr. Thompson would be sati§fied, and withdraw his
amendment.

Mr. G. THOMPSON wished to say a few words in explana-
tion. He did not wish the Anti-Slavery Committee to go to
the public at large to learn their principles ; but he wished
them not to impose a tax, directly or indirectly, by going to
the Government, in reference to fiscal regulations. So much
in explanation of what he had said, and next, with reference
to the statement of the members of the Committee of their
willingness to undertake the reconsideration of the question,
hi begged to say he consented to withdraw his motion.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original re-
solution put from the chair and carried. •
The -Rev. J. BvfusErr (of Camberwell) proposed the fol;-
lowing resolution :
" That. this meeting deplore the continued existence of
slavery in different parts of the earth, especially by professedly
Christian nations, which, as in the case of Brazil and Spanish
colonies, is the fruitful cause of the African slave-trade, and
all its attendant horrors, and in that of the United States, of
an internal_ slave-trade of the most revolting and cruel
character.
• -" That deeply sympathising with the victims of slavery in
their sufferings and wrongs, this meeting assert their right to
immediate and entire freedom, and emphatically call on the
friends of liberty and justice, throughout the world, to use
their best efforts for the extinction of a crime which has so
long outraged humanity and religion, and which at this
time oppresses and degrades millions of mankind.
" That this meeting, nevertheless, sincerely rejoice in the
steady progress of the anti-slavery cause in the United States
of America, and in France, Holland; and other European na-
tions, where the friends of humanity are nobly exerting them-
selves in behalf of the wronged and suffering slave.
"That in tendering to their fellow-labourerS their warm
congratulationi on the present aspect of their common cause,
this meeting would _cherish the hope, that the agency ern--;
ployed and the information diffused by them may be con-
stantly and perseveringly directed to promote the imme-.
diate and entire abolition of slavery in those parts of their
respective countries, where it unhappily exists, and generally
throughout the world."
The REV. GENTLEMAN commenced by adverting to the
diversity of opinion which prevailed in the meeting on cer-
tain subjects ; but lie was happy to pe.rceive that the
uproarious reception which lie had been met with by a
preceding speaker had ended in perfect peace and love-like
tranquillity ?—(Laughter.) In meetings assembled for the
great objects of Christian philanthropy, humanity, and pa-
triotism, there might be storms upon storms; but there could
be no permanent antipathy.—(Hear, hear.) All the noise
which they had heard was only the noise of every one trying
to keep his neighbour right.—(Laughter.) It was the noise
of downright affection and warm regard. He must say, in
justice to the Committee, that before they left their room
they agreed to all which had then been done. They must
have agitation, however, about everything—(Laughter)—for
theirs were the days of agitation, and it had become a habit of
their nature.—(Laughter.) Now to what did the resolution
direct their attention? It directed their attention.oa. great
and important work. If there were any .present who con-
tended that the Anti-Slavery Society should. not continue to
exist when they had no slaves, he would remind them-that
though this country had no slaves, slavery had not ceased to
exist. The slaves which they had set free in their colonies
were but a small minority. There were still two and a half
millions of slaves in America, two millions in the Brazils, and
800,000 in Cuba and Porto Rico. Let them think of six mil-
lions of people still suffering under the lash notwithstanding
all their efforts.—(Hear.) What an overwhelming spectacle.
Should he now be asked what did they want with an- Anti.
Slavery Society ?—(Hear, hear.) Six millions of his fellow-
men wanted such a Society ; and would they refuse their
aid to such numbers groaning under bondage ?—( Hear, hear.)
He knew they were told that the Government had entered
into treaties with different Powers, with Brazil, with Spain,
and with Portugal ; but if they left such matters in the
hands of Government., very little would be done. Govern-
ments cared more about remaining still in their office chairs,
than about exerting themselves. In order to rouse them,
they must set the community about them, like a nest of
hornets.—(Laughter.) Who was to sting our own Govern-
ment into exertion if not the Anti-Slavery Society?—
(Hear, hear.) But America—what were they to say to
America ?—(Hear, hear.) There were Christian men in
America, who, when they visited this country, laughed at
royalty, which.they zalled a pageant, and gloried in the free •
dom of an independent republic.. But they.forgot that there
were two millions and a. half of 'Milian beings in their
own country who were left under the lash: If they liked; let
them call, the crown'a bauble, but he would rather see
a crown, bauble as they 'considered. it, on the
head of a free woman, reigning over' a free people;
than see the Declaration of Independence waved over Con-
gress by the hand of the President of a nation containing
slaves.—(LOud cheers.) The independence of the boasted
republic was, in such a case, shorn of all its glory, -whilst
the halo round the crown commended it as the emblem of a
niildcr use of poWer.—(Cheers.) He then adverted to the
case of BroWn, who had aided the escape of a female slave,
and strongly animadverted upon the conduct of the judge
who commended the accused to the mediation of the Saviour
as the only means of taking away his crime. In conclusion
he callei on the meeting to continue their support on behalf
of the Society.
The Rev. Mr. KILLOGG, President of Knox College in the
United States, seconded the resolution. He denied that
slavery was a part of the republicanism of America, and de-
precated its being treated in that light. He also assured the
meeting that the anti-slavery cause was making great pro-
gress in his own country.
Sir GEORGE STEPHEN, in moving the next resolution, said
that he, as an opponent of slavery, and a member of that
Association, should always oppose the introduction of slave-
grown produce into this country. The resolution was to the
effect that Committees should be formed throughout the
country for assisting in the suppression of slavery.
Mr. F. BUXTON rose to second the resolution, and said, as
they were anxious to hear Mr. O'Connell, lie should not de-
tain them ; arid with respect to Mr. O'Connell he would ob-
serve, that however they might differ with him in respect to'
political questions, it was but justice to the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman to say, that no one was more energetic or more
consistent In his hostility to slavery, than he was.—(Hear.)
In conclusion, he would only observe, that his father, Sir F.
Buxton, although not 'present, owing to the state of his
health, was with them in heart and soul.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JOSEPH STURGE said that a contribution would now be
made in aid of the Society, after which their friend Mr. Da-
niel O'Connell would address them.—(Applause.)
The collection having been made—
Mr. O'CONNM.J., rose, and was received with the most
deafening shouts of applause, which was manifested for some
minutes. The lion. and Learned Gentleman then said
—The resolution which had been entrusted to him was
to the effect that the meeting, in common with the
great mass of their countrymen, had read with feel-
ings of indignation and horror ,the sentence of death
passed upon J. L. Brown, -of South Carolina, by Judge
O'Neill. He was a friend to free trade, but not to a free trade
in slaves.—(Cheers.) It was said that if the Brazilian
and Cuba suorar were admitted, it would be to this
country an advantage of 50 pier Mt. But was that an
argument in favour of traffic with slave °wren. There 11.54
been in this country a man named Money Moses, who