The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-01

hands, but a noble friend of mine, Lord Doug
las. who Owns large property in Tobsgo, wen
over 6 short time eince ID look into the matter
for himself. He st to work, and introduced
pillow, tu,bandry, and cattle. he had bis pre-
judCe against so il z, like other people, but
these have been entirely removed by the results
"ti-h have followed. Hear, hear
TIE u'most exertiois are, in my opinion
still Ia, eesssry for the purpose of preventing
thai falsely called, system of free emigration
from the coast of Africa Il is neither more
ncr less than revival of the African slave
trade. The day upon which have the honor
o, adore ssiEg you is the anniversary of that
when the Stuarts were MISUNDERSTANDING me
Of he saying Of Mr.. Fox, that the worst of rev.
uluiions is restoration, for sure | am, that if
theIe should be that revival of the African
slave trade, that remark will be found NEST ap-
plicable to the restoration of Slavery in our
colonies and the slave trade on the African
coast. [Cheers All there is another ami
versary-:t is the lst of August, Tcheers, a day
sale fled. first of all by the accession of the
family which now rules this Constitutional
Kngdom-I mean the scce ssion Of the House
OF Brunswick bot still more sanctifed in my
view BY it's being the dsy of the emancipation
Of our slaves. Cheers Heaven forbid that
we should ever live to see step, however lit
tie, retrogreding in the direction either of the
slave trade or Slavery. The noble Lord re-
snmed his seat, amid loud and protracted
cheers
The following resolutions were then proposed,
and unanimously adopted
That this meeting, while it would impress
upon al the duty of labOring for the total
abolition Of Slavery throughout the world, as
crime against God, rejoices in the measures
now taken in Africa for the production of cot
ton at a price and quality that promise to
sspersede that cultivated by slaves in the west
ern world, and trusts that in the future Govern
lnent of India especial attention will be paid to
introduce measures to promote the cultivation
Of that staple, and of all others now produced
by slave labor.
This meeting desires to express its ur quail
fed qualification at the vigorous and enlighten.
I'd measures which have been adopted by bis
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Rus
sias, for the extinction of serfdom throughout
his vast dominions, and its conviction that they
wall, uider the Divine blessing, largely promote
the prosperity of the Empire, and that the uiti
mcie establishment of the great principle of
complete human freedom will secure the moral
elevation and happiness of his subjects
That this meeting condemns as calumnious
the statements which have recently been circu
lated in depreciation of the abolition OF Slavery
bs Great Britain, and of the emancipated pop
ulation of the British West India colonies, and
enphaticauy afirms that they have nobly and
triumphantly yindicated their right of freedom,
and the justice Of the act of emancipation, by the
signal progress they have since made-sccislIy
morally, and re!igiously and further sffirms
that there is abundant evidence to show thai,
where the laborers are properly located ard
cared for, adequately remunerated for their
work, and faith Kept with them in the punctual
payment of their wages, their services may usu-
ally be secured to an extent which proves that
there is no real want of labor in the colonies.
While it would advocate emigration on terms
that should leave the emigrant free to select his
own master, to fix his own conditions of ser
vice, and TO obtain the market value of his
labor, it condemns all schemes of emigration
that violate these principles, as tending to intro
duce a system of coe,ced labor utterly at vari.
snce with the emancipation act"
A vote OF thanks to The noble Chairman ter
minated the proceedings.