I had only enlarged the mass of feeling, or added zeal to zeal, or confirmed resolutions and reasonings.
Disposed in this manner originally himself, and strengthened by the documents with which I had furnished him, Mr.Grenville contracted an enmity to the Slave-trade, which was never afterwards diminished[A].
[Footnote A: I have not mentioned the difference between these two eminent persons, with a view of drawing any invidious comparisons, but because, as these statements are true, such persons as have a high opinion of the late Mr.Pitt's judgment, may see that this great man did not espouse the cause hastily, or merely as a matter of feeling, but upon the conviction of his own mind.] A report having gone abroad, that the commitee of privy council would only examine those who were interested in the continuance of the trade, I found it necessary to call upon Mr.Pitt again, and to inform him of it, when I received an assurance that every person, whom I chose to send to the council in behalf of the commitee, should be heard.

This gave rise to a conversation relative to those witnesses whom we had to produce on the side of the abolition.

And here I was obliged to disclose our weakness in this respect.

I owned with sorrow that, though I had obtained specimens and official documents in abundance to prove many important points, yet I had found it difficult to prevail upon persons to be publicly examined on this subject.

The only persons, we could then count upon, were Mr.Ramsay, Mr.
H.Gandy, Mr.Falconbridge, Mr.Newton, and the Dean of Middleham.