The very book of the abridgment of the evidence was considered by many members as poisonous as that of the Rights of Man.

It was too profane for many of them to touch; and they who discarded it, discarded the cause also.
But these were not the only circumstances which were used as means, at this critical moment, to defeat us.

News of the revolution, which had commenced in St.Domingo in consequence of the disputes between the Whites and the People of Colour, had, long before this, arrived in England.

The horrible scenes which accompanied it, had been frequently published as so many arguments against our cause.

In January new insurrections were announced as having happened in Martinique.