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ded, that was an argutnettt again* it. Really, this'
refembled the,oulery that, in the coutfe of the Re.
volution, prevailed in France againlL eloquence—
when the fhnut was eh reloquesta.-when the layout ite
datrine cFthe day was that no Arillocracy was In
odioqs as that of talent and eloquence. The Ho-
nourable Baronet had ohferved that Come fplendid
theories had, in his recolledion, notwithltanding the
able manner in which they had been defended,
been rejefted by that Houfe. In examining his me-
mory it occurred to him that there certainly were
fume theories fubmitted to that Houfe, which, althOs
fupported by argument, by eloquence, by fart and
hillorical evidence, were yet rejefted ; not, however,
as the Honourable Baronet's paradox would inti
mate, becaufe they were well defended, but becaufe
as tome, not judging as liberally as he did of men's
motives, would fay that theories were united by the
power of ptivate intereß. With refpee, however,
to the mealure before the Houfe, its advocates were

not fupporting a mere theory, but grounded their
defence of the meafure upon thiis thong and 414 rm
hg faitr which was Qated by the Honourable Of-

ficer who opened the debite. that there was a
proportion of thirty blacks to one white on our
Colonies. This one fact alone he confidered of fuch

a natnre as fhould urge the Houfe to put an im-
mediAte end to this no lcfs dangerous than dic
graceful traffic. As to its gradual Aboliiion, this
was a recommendation which he had urged frequently
for the left twelve or thirteen years ; but never ob-
feracd any endeavour made by the Gentlemen who

urged it to promote that gradual Abolition. No.
they never favoured the Houle with any projelt for
that purpofe ; but Rill they kept the argument by
them to make ufe of. With refpeft to the Honour-
able Baronet's remark on the probability, that the
Slave Trade could not be prevented by us at the

termination of the war,which he joined with the Hon.
Baronet in wilding to terminate as loon as it could
with propriety, from falling into the hands of other
nations ; he would fay, that he apprehended, that
there would be confiderable difficulty in reviving thii
trade on the return of peace without the concurrence
of Great Britain ; if acceding to the motion before
the Houle, we (hc:uld determine to abandon it at

prefent. The motion, he trufted, would be agreed to
—that the Houfe would adhere to its former fenti-

ment, and that the opinion of the Houk of Com-
mons, decidedly expreiTed, would be found to here

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that influence with refpeel to the fate of this theafure,
to which it was pecoliarlY entitled.
Mr. HUDLESTONE, in an impreffive fpeech, de-
precated the Amendment. The dread of this ~dions
traffic falling into the hands of other nations lbould
have no weight with the kloufe. Let it, he would fay,
fall into loch hands, and let this country be exonerated

from the difgrace attached to it. He reprobated, in
ftrong terms, any argument againft the motion drawn
from expediency, or founded upon a mere pecuniary
bate, and appealed to the honour and chAraller of the
Houle, whether they would totter firth contiderations
to foperfede the grand comprehenfive principle upon
which this meafure was grounded. With regard to
the produce of the Weft India Colonies, particularly
the article of fugar, it could be obtained in the Eaft
Indies, for ithlance, without fuch a facrifice of hu-
manity and.jullice as the have trade involved. But
even foppote firth tivicles could not be had elfewhere;
did it therefote follow that the flare trade fhould be
continued; even toppling human blood fhould be
pronounced, as it was by fame, the deft manure, did
it fallow, therefore, that the blood of Man fhould be
fbed few fuch a purpore ? and was it not as well to
bleed men to death at once, as to fweat the poor ne
groes to death in our Colonies ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de-
nied that any contraa had been made by Govern-
ment for the purchafe of haves in Africa for military
purpofes, as the Honourable Gentleman who opened
the debate, Rated. A propofition of Inch a nature
had been tranfinitted to Government from the Wen-
Indies, but Government rejected it. The objeft of
Government, the Right Honourable Gentleman
Rated to be, to purchafe the blacks out of Revery,
for the purpofe of putting them into a military body.
General GASCOIGNE Rated, that a propofition
had been made from 'Government to a Merchant of
Liverpool for the purchafe of a number of the blacks
alluded to, and he could tell the Right Honourable
Gentleman that whoever accepted the contrail, the
blacks would be purchafed on the Coen of Africa.
Of cootie his original llatement on this fubjea was
not incorreft.
Mr. WILBERFORCE rofe to trouble the Houle
for a few moments. He never expected that st. pro.
polition which was literally founded on a refolution
and vote of Parliament, and the fuhjed of which had
been over and over again difcuffed in that Houk,
would have been termed a novel propofition, or that
himfelf would have been reproached with not having
brought forward anew thofe arguments, which, in
common with every Gentleman in the Houle, who
valued the honour of the country, he had, on former
occaftons, employed againft the Slave Trade. It was
grievous to fee men of an acute nnderflanding, like
the Honourable Baronet (Sir William Pulteney),
attend fo little to the leading point in the inquiry.
The whole queltion of the policy, or the inexpedi•
ence of the propnfition, depended upon another, if
the population could or could not be kept up by na-
tural means. In America the population of the haves
doubled in the thort period of feventeen Yeats. Such
a prominent fail induced him to confider the popu-
lation of the Weft Indies, tuft to its own refources,
in a very advantageous point of view. But it was
not neceliary to look to other fituations ; we had
examples, conducing to the fame inference, on the
illands themfelves : it was a notorious WI, that
the Maroons in Jamaica, and the Caribs in St. Vin-
cent's had largely increafed. Let any man read the
Report of the Atrembly on the table, and doubt, if
he can, that the prefent fituation of Jamaica is not
more perilous than any new condition to which it
could be brought by the Bill. By procrallination it
was too plain they had expelled themfelves to the
very jaws of deftration. With regard to a certain
clefs of overlookers, and inferior perfons, it might
be true, that the prefent Bill would be oppofed to
their contralted interelt ; but with refped to all the
refit and efpecially to thofe whofe extenfivc pro-
perty was involved, refinance to this meat-ore, he
conceived to be the excefs of abfurdity. One of
the molt enlightened writers had recommerded the
furpenlion of the Slave Trade, and be relpiintted his
arguments by fails which feem decifivenn one of the