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 ▼V HEN men of the most opposite principles happen t© 
 igree upon any important question, nothing short of com- 
 plete evidence can produce their coincidence. Now it 
 happens that the man of the greatest reputation as a States- 
 man in this country, the man most renowned for religious 
 principles, and the fiercest republican in France, shall I say 
 Mr. Pitt, Mr. Wilberforce, and Mirabeau, have been 
 advocates for the AboHtion of the Slave Trade : and 
 against such authorities who will venture to defend it? 
 How comes it to pass that even th^ continuation of it for 
 five years has been allowed by the able minister who has 
 negociated the late treaty of peace ? Men of warm imagi- 
 nation and strong fechng may for a moment, in the ardor 
 of their zeal for humanity, think tlie war itself had better 
 have been continued, till the abolition was allowed as a 
 leading article in the treaty ; but cooler heads will suggest 
 the question, who do you mean to go to war with ? Is it 
 with the good French king ? Is it with our magnanimous 
 Allies ? Is it with the mass of the French nation ? I'hey 
 
 
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 all disapprove of the Slave Trade. Why then allow it to 
 continue for a moment ? Without attempting to search too 
 deeply into the secrets of diplomatic negociation, when we 
 observe how much has been done, and in so short a time, 
 and in such important matters ; we may allow the plenipo- 
 tentiaries some credit, for perhaps not being able to accom- 
 plish at once every object of their wishes. What then ? 
 Is the abolition a bubble, a tub thrown to the whale, to 
 imuse minor politicians, and take off their attention from 
 deeper operations ? No. A great deal has been done, but 
 a great deal still remains to do. 
 
 With the powers of a regular and well-established 
 government, in the highest perfection of social order, di- 
 rected by pure religion and sound morality, how many 
 years elapsed before the Legislature of this country 
 could bring about this important measure ? And do 
 we wonder that in the distracted state in which the allies 
 found the French nation, they could not accomplish at 
 once, what we had been so long in bringing into effect. 
 
 But the treaty is ratified, and we must abide by it. And 
 so we are bound to obey acts of parliament — till they are 
 repealed. Treaties as well as laws are subject to modifica- 
 tions, explanations, restrictions, which give full employment 
 to statesmen during the intervals of peace : and these oper- 
 aticms have perhaps already begun. 
 
 The opinion of this country has been loudly proclaimed, 
 by respectful Addresses to both Houses of Parliament, 
 and they have already had some success. The pub- 
 lication of our sentiments in the French papers may soften 
 some of the prejudices which oppose us, and lead the way 
 to a fuller discussion in the approaching Congress of 
 Vienna, and bring the business to a more favoi*able issue. 
 
 Thank God, we are at peace with France : a time must 
 tome, and I hope soon, when we shall be at peace with 
 
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 America. And when we treat with the Americans for that 
 purj^osc, may we not with great propriety require their hearty 
 co-operation with us, in putting an end to the abominable 
 traffic ? Holland already adopts our views, and as a trading 
 country, liolds out a noble example to other nations. 
 
 The Pop^; appears sensible of the share the exertions of 
 this country have had in promoting his restoration. He 
 must feel grateful for the privileges which our government 
 has granted to the Catholics, and it may perhaps depend 
 upon his future conduct, whether their emancipation may 
 not be more complete. Can he refuse his assistance, by 
 his influence with the nations who acknowledge his autho- 
 rity, to exert it to the utmost in wiping off the deepest stain 
 from the Christian world ? Who can be more deserving 
 objects of the thunders of the Vatican than Pirates and 
 Stealers of Men ? 
 
 Had it not been for our assistance, Spain and Portugal 
 would now be provinces of France ; and can they refuse, 
 when they have a government, to join us in the abolition ? 
 Vain would be our prohibitions to our own colonies, if 
 Spanish and Portuguese slave ships covered the American 
 seas, from the coast of Africa to the Brazils. But if 
 England, Holland, France, and America joined hand in 
 hand in this laudable undertaking, Spain and Portugal 
 could not refuse their consent to the measure. 
 
 But whatever other nations may do, let us not overlook 
 what is in our own power. We have already free settle- 
 ments of negroes on the coast of Africa. Let these be 
 cherished, extended and improved. What more deserving 
 object can there be, for a regular and constant Conimittee 
 of Parliament to protect ? Public grants aiding private 
 subscriptions, may in time form a capital that will over- 
 power the base speculations of slave merchants. Our 
 agents may even aiford to forestall the markets, and buy 
 
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 slaves to emancipate them, settle them with our colonists, 
 animate their industry, by inviting men of all nations wil- 
 ling to assist in their civili::ation and defence, supply them 
 with arms, and protect them as our allies. 
 
 But is Great Britain equal to such complicated and exten- 
 sive operations ? Perhaps it may be thought so, by those who 
 consider that every point carried is a step to facilitate the 
 success of the remainder. In truth a new xra opens before 
 us ; it is impossible to say what may not be done after 
 what has lately happened. What the indefatigable exer- 
 tions of a Pitt, and the brilliant talents of a Fox could not 
 .iccomplish — the deliverance of Europe from a most in- 
 tolerable scourge — has been completed by the steadiness 
 and perseverance of a Liverpool and a Castlereagh. May 
 t!ioy call round them a constellation of men of talent, and 
 by their joint exertions in the cause of humanity, deliver 
 the unfortunate Africans from the great oppression which 
 they have so long sullcred.