This ought to have been, as Lord Penrhyn had observed, a preliminary measure.

He did not like to be generous out of the pockets of others.

They were to abolish the trade, it was said, out of a principle of humanity.

Undoubtedly they owed humanity to all mankind.

But they also owed justice to those, who were interested in the event of the question, and had embarked their fortunes on the faith of parliament.