They both predicted the ruin and misery, which would inevitably follow the abolition of the trade.

The former said, that no less than seventy millions were mortgaged upon lands in the West Indies, all of which would be lost.

Mr.Wilberforce therefore should have made a motion to pledge the house to the repayment of this sum, before he had brought forward his propositions.

Compensation ought to have been agreed upon as a previously necessary measure.

The latter said, that in consequence of the bill of last year many ships were laid up and many seamen out of employ.
His constituents had large capitals engaged in the trade, and, if it were to be wholly done away, they would suffer from not knowing where to employ them.