He conversed freely on the subject of emancipation, and gave his opinion decidedly in favor of unconditional freedom.

He has been in the West Indies five years, and resided at Antigua and Dominica before he received his present appointment; he has visited several other islands besides.

In no island that he has visited have affairs gone on so quietly and satisfactorily to all parties as in Antigua.

He remarked that he was ignorant of the character of the black population of the United States, but from what he knew of their character in the West Indies, he could not avoid the conclusion that immediate emancipation was entirely safe.

He expressed his views of the apprenticeship system with great freedom.