This argument had been ably answered in the course of the evening; but he would view it in yet another light.

It had been said, that the savage disposition of the Africans rendered the prospect of their civilization almost hopeless.

This argument was indeed of long standing; but, last year, it had been supported upon a new ground.

Captain Frazer had stated in his evidence, that a boy had been put to death at Cabenda, because there were those who refused to purchase him as a slave.

This single story was deemed by him, and had been considered by others, as a sufficient proof of the barbarity of the Africans, and of the inutility of abolishing the Slave-trade.