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Show APPENDIX. 1 ] The first is imme-some consideration without further < c ay. diate abolition, the second is cmnpensatwn. . . . b r . of slavery, m the DistfiCt of In holding out the a o ttton . . I first steps winch ought to be taken Columbia and Flonda, as t lC . . I t ause of umvcrsal hberty, I do not "n the progress of t tc grca c, . . . I 1 1 immediate aboltuon. Wlulc I en-hesitate to declare t lO.t mean . . r · rc friends of the freedom of the slave, tcrtain much respect IOr smce . I · · t CX(Jcdicnt for the slave lnmself to be who consider t lat It IS no . . . I 1 . f· d m until he is prepared for tt by a pro-entrusted wit 1 us I ee o ' . . · 1 "le I am aware that tillS was the pre-cess of arneltaralwn, -w u . s since with the advocates for freedom vai1in(J' sentiment many year ' " . . . It I think it must be alluwcd, that both in Great Br1tam 1tsc ,- . . · on the side of umnedwte, rather than nincip1e and cxpcnence arc . gI radual, 1. . Tl principle of the qucstton appears to me abo ttion. IC b 1 . tl 0 good old Scripture precept, " Cease to do to be em racec m 1 evil." God mak · cs no co mpromisc with si.n . When. w. e nrc. con.~ · · which we arc mvolvcd, IS smfulto hm vinced that any practice, m . r. it at once and without reserve, and sight we must cease non::c ' ' 1 . 1 1 uls of Him who judgcth in the earth. leave the rcsu t m t le lat . Whether we act as individuals, or in onr corporate capacity as d . d t is ours and the consequences may be states an natwns, u Y ' ) safely comm.t ttc d to tII e car e of a righteous and benevolent I .r o· . 1,1 . I prchend to be the dictate, not only offaith, vidence. us ap I reason Let ns clear ourselves of the but of common sense an( · . : d f the !'Iague. As it is the shortest and sm. Let us get 11 o fi 1 . t I believe it will be found the safest road to a na easzes , so . h · · 1 settlement of the matter. As it is always ng t, so tt ts a ways r to depart from evil and sin not. There IS no expediency saie, 1 d" ·n comparable to that of unreserved submission to the revca e WI of God. 1 rna now But this is a subject on which a triumphant ap.pea. Y d . When the British emancipatiOn act ha be made to expcrtencc. . f I West d the le"islnture in 1834, while the generality o t tc 1Jassc b l~fiEE. AND l~HIENDLY RE:\IARKS. 265 Indian colonies of Great Britain availed themselves of the preparatory system of npprenticcship,-cvidently taking the unrequited labor of six years, as part of the price of their negrocs,-one: of the principal of these colonies, Antigua, wisely determined to besto\t on her slave population, the precious boon of immediate and mU"estrictcd liberty. It is now nc>rly five years since this grand experiment was tried, and abundant opportunity has been afforded of ascertaining the results. There are, in Antigua, about thirty thousand negroes engaged in the cultivation of the soil,and chiefly on sugar plantations. The results are-not tumult, contention for superiority over the whites, rebellion, and massacre, (those frightful dreams of the future, which Henry Clay has permitted to haunt !tis imagination,)-but peace, order, and tranquillity; not confusion and misery, arising from the forced juxtaposition or mixture of two opposite races, but a quiet possession of equal rights, and pursuit of equal duties, without reference to the color of the skin; not a descent into a farther depth of vice and barbarism, but a decided improvement, in mental and moral cultivation; not the diminution of trade, and the depreciation of property, but an increase of commercial prosperity, and a vast improvement in the value of real estate; not a distraction of sentiment on the subject which divides so many in this land, but a universal concurrence of opinion, among whites and blacks, planters and laborers, that slavery had been their curse, and that the abolition of it is now their blessing.2 ' Probably it will be allowed that no test of the propriety of immediate abolition, can be stronger than that arising from the comparative value of real property, before and after the act of justice. The information on this subject, with regard to Antigua, contained in the foUowing paragraphs, is or a most conclusive character. "EtGUTEENTn PROl'OSlTION.-Real estate has risen in value since eman· cipation; mercantile and mechanical occupations have received a fresh impulse; and the general condition of the colony is decidedly more flourishing than at any former period. 11 The credit of the island has already improved. The internal pros· }X'rity of the island is advancing in au increased ratio. ~fore buildings |