He did not deny that he wished them this latter blessing.

But, alas, in their present degraded state, they were unfit for it! Liberty was the child of reason and order.
It was indeed a plant of celestial growth, but the soil must be prepared for its reception.

He, who would see it flourish and bring forth its proper fruit, must not think it sufficient to let it shoot in unrestrained licentiousness.

But if this inestimable blessing was ever to be imparted to them, the cause must be removed, which obstructed its introduction.

In short, no effectual remedy could be found but in the abolition of the Slave-trade.
He then took a copious view of the advantages, which would arise both to the master and to the slave, if this traffic were done away; and having recapitulated and answered the different objections to such a measure, he went to that part of the subject, in which he described himself to be most interested.
He had shown, he said, last year, that Africa was exposed to all the horrors of war; and that most of these wars had their origin in the Slave-trade.