In fact, he did not like to see men introducing even their schemes of benevolence to the detriment of other people; and much less did he like to see them going to the colonies, as it were upon their estates, and prescribing rules to them for their management.

With respect to his own speculative opinion, as it regarded cultivation, he had no objection to give it.

He was sure that sugar could be raised cheaper by free men than by slaves.

This the practice in China abundantly proved.

But yet neither he nor any other person had a right to force a system upon others.