He did not allude to the voice of the people in the petitions then lying on the table of the House; but he knew certainly, that an idea not only of the injustice but of the impolicy of this trade had been long entertained by men of the most enlightened understandings in this country.

Was it then a prudent thing for them to rest on this commerce for the further improvement of their property?
There was a species of slavery, prevailing only a few years ago, in the collieries in certain boroughs of Scotland.

Emancipation there was thought a duty by Parliament: But what an opposition there was to the measure! Nothing but ruin would be the consequence of it! After several years struggle the bill was carried.

Within a year after, the ruin so much talked of vanished in smoke, and there was an end of the business.

It had also been contended that Sir William Dolben's bill would be the ruin of Liverpool: and yet one of its representatives had allowed, that this bill had been of benefit to the owners of the slave-vessels there.