There was but one boon to ask, and that was--the abolition of this wicked trade.
It had been said by another, (Mr.Baillie) that the horrible insurrections in St.Domingo arose from the discussion of the question of the Slave-trade.

He denied the assertion; and maintained that they were the effect of the trade itself.

There was a point of endurance, beyond which human nature could not go; at which the mind of man rose by its native elasticity with a spring and violence proportioned to the degree to which it had been depressed.

The calamities in St.Domingo proceeded from the Slave-trade alone; and, if it were continued, similar evils were to be apprehended in our own islands.

The cruelties, which the slaves had perpetrated in that unfortunate colony, they had learnt from their masters.
Had not an African eyes?
Had he not ears?
Had he not organs, senses, and passions?
If you pricked him, would he not feel the puncture and bleed?
If you poisoned him, would he not die?
and, if you wronged him, would he not revenge?
But he had said sufficient; for he feared he could not better the instruction.
Mr.Milbank would only just observe, that the policy of the measure of the abolition was as great, as its justice was undeniable.