him.'] But he was not daunted by this. He gather ed strength from opposition, and went throughout this land, every where denouncing the traffic in ardent spirits as the criminal cause of all the evils of intemperance. Nay, sir, he crossed the ocean with his message, and proclaimed it in that luxurious metropolis, till England's titled nobility bowed to the force of truth, and rejoiced in doing honor to him who told it.

'Now, sir, if he had come to us with smooth and honied words, persuading us with gentle solicitations, and urging upon us the arguments of expediency, does any one suppose he would have converted a whole community to his views? Sir, by such measures, the temperance cause would never have begun to move. And now has it come to this, that we are ashamed to declare our principles? REFORMERS ARE NOT FIT

FOR THEIR OFFICE IF THEY BOW TO EXPEDIENCY.

The men of the revolution-the Patrick Henrys, the Washingtons, the Hampdens, the Sidneys, have left no such examples to men who are anxious to benefit their fellows. He was pained to think that the convention should be ashamed or afraid to declare its opinions. The eyes of the world were upon them.

"The gentleman talks of American morality. Shall we shut our eyes to what American morality has done towards counteracting the greatest moral evil the world ever saw? And how has it done this? Why, bringing moral principle to bear upon it, by declaring it morally wrong, and treating it as such, and putting it down as such.'-Speech of Mr. Wood, of Albany, at Temperance Convention in Philadelphia.

I quote this to show, that those who encounter opposition and suffer inconvenience, on account of their efforts in the Anti-Slavery cause, are not alone. They are but following in the footsteps of all reformers. It would be well for them, and their opposers too, occasionally to read Heb. xi, particularly verses 32-39. The one would be cheered and comforted thereby. The other might perhaps be led to pause, and ask themselves, whether, in their opposition, they were not 'FIGHTING AGAINST GOD.'

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Mr. WILKINSON said-'Sir, if we cannot say that it is morally wrong, we had better say nothing about it. We had better go home, and let the Temperance cause go down, and let the discretion of mankind take care of the matter, on the principle of prudent use. For however we may talk and resolve on other points, we may rely on it the Temperance reformation is at an end, if its friends are prepared to concede that the use and traffic is not morally wrong.' * * * * 'I hope nothing will be done by this convention to hinder the cause of Temperance, as I am sure it will, if we fail to declare our sentiments on this vital point. Sir, sound heads and pure hearts, such as I see around me, will not ask, whether it will be popular and help me to office, or give me the friendship of those who drink and vend ardent spirits, but do their duty, and leave results with God.'

MR. GERRIT SMITH said-'These gentlemen complain of their want of success in promoting temperance, and of the low condition of the temperance cause in Pennsylvania. Sir, I never heard that temperance had any success any where, unless the appeals in its favor were made directly to the consciences of rum-dealers. Strike out these, and it is in vain that you seek for other means to propel the triumphant car of temperance. Hitch to that car health, economy, expediency, the public good, what you please; if you leave out the appeal to men's consciences, you have, as we say at the North, but a weak team.'

MR. GOODELL said- Why, Sir, it has always been the doctrine of temperance folks that it is wrong. The apostle of temperance never thrilled the multitudes that came to hear him, by telling about expediency, prudence, and all that. But he proclaimed in tones of thunder which made the roof ring again, that it is wrong to drink or sell. Heaven grant that nothing of a cold, calculating prudence may have shorn Sampson of his strength, and induced him to compromise this vital question.

'We are told, over and over again, and by the same persons who oppose this resolution, that the temperance reform is all to be gained by moral influence, but now they are not willing to have the convention say it is morally wrong. Sir, I should like to know what kind of moral influence we can employ, if the subject has no moral character."

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The following Extracts from Parliamentary Papers,' will show the fact, and to what an extent, the colonies at Sierra Leone and Liberia have already furnished facilities for carrying on the slave-trade.

'Copy of a charge delivered by Mr. Chief-Justice Jeffcott, to the Grand Jury of Sierra Leone, on the subject of the slave-trade."

Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 6th April, 1832.

'Extracts from a speech of Chief-Justice Jeffcott's, at Sierra Leone.' 'I have heard, and from the source from which my information is derived, I am bound to believe what I should otherwise have deemed incredible-that persons are to be found in this colony, wlio, if not directly engaged in, aid and abet the abominable traffic in slaves. That such persons are to be found, I repeat it, in THIS COLONY-a colony founded for its suppression, towards whose establishment, and in whose support, so much wealth has been expended, and so many valuable lives sacrificed: and further, that men holding respectable stations,-men having all the outward appearance and show of respectability, are not ashamed-I should rather say, are not afraid to lend themselves to this nefarious, this abominable trade!

'I say, Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, that it has come to the ears of the Government of this colony, that such aid and assistance have been afforded in the fitting out of ships well known to be destined for such

unlawful traffic; and that vessels have been fitted out from time to time by persons such as I have described, residents of this colony, for the Gallinas and elsewhere, with the objects and purposes of which it is impossible they could have been unacquainted?

Is it to be tolerated, I say, Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, that this colony, established for the express purpose of suppressing this vile traffic, should be made a mart for carrying it on? Is it to be borne that this harbor, miscalled-if all I have heard and am led to believe be true-the harbor of Freetown, should shelter within its bosom, while the British flag waves over its ramparts, vessels, purchased after their condemnation by the Mixed Commission Courts, to make a second and a third experiment in the Slave-trade? to be perhaps again captured by our cruizers, and again bought up by the skulking foreigners who prowl about this place, as the one best calculated for their iniquitous purpose?

'I have, since my arrival here, taken some pains to ascertain the number of liberated Africans imported into this colony within a given period, as compared with the number now located in the different villages; and although the census of the latter is not quite complete, I have every reason to believe, that whereas there have been imported into the colony of Sierra Leone within the last ten years, upwards of 22,000 Africans, who have obtained their liberation, and have been located here at the expense of the British Government-an expense, which upon the most moderate calculation,' ' amounts to 3001, per man, or nearly seven millions sterling, in the course of ten years there are not now to be found in the whole colony above 17,000 or 18,000 men! What then is the conclusion to which I come, and to which every honest, unprejudiced, and rightthinking man must come, upon the subject? Why, appalling as the fact may be, and incredible as it must appear to many, that the Slave-trade is either directly carried on, although of course not openly and ostensibly, or that it is aided and abetted in this colony.'

After this it appears that 'a commission of persons was appointed to inquire into the truth of the charges contained in the Chief-Justice's speech.' The following are extracts from their report.

The Report of the Committee of Inquiry constituted in and by the Despatch of the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, late his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War and the Colonies: dated 26th October, 1830;

Humbly showeth, (among other things)

'That ****** they have called before them such persons of all classes, as they were of opinion could afford them most correct information; and from the evidence adduced, the Committee cannot but conclude that the nefarious system of kidnapping has prevailed in this colony, to a much greater extent than was even alluded to in the Charge of the Chief-Justice to the Grand Jury in 1830, as will fully appear in the evidence adduced.

'The Committee have further to submit, that while the actual system of kidnapping has principally prevailed among the Mandingo tribes and liberated Africans themselves (who seem, in many instances, to have but little gratitude for the favors conferred upon them by the British Government), they cannot refrain from remarking, that great facility has at the same time been afforded to the increase of the Slave-trade by the British merchants of the colony, who have purchased vessels condemned in the Mixed Commission Court, as agents for foreigners; which vessels have afterwards been brought into the colony and again condemned, for a repeated infraction of the Slave-trade Abolition Act.

With reference to this subject, the Committee have to express their regret that some very recent instances have occurred, in which persons of apparent respectability have been charged with aiding and abetting the Slave-trade, as will appear from the evidence annexed.' ALEX. FINDLAY, Lieu. Governor,

(Signed)

J. W. JEFFCOTT, Chief Justice, 'J. BOYLE, Colonial Surgeon, 'HENRY RISHTON, Col. Secretary.