The Debate on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 1791, Reported in Detail (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1792 Excerpt: ... sentiments'"on the whole question; and that, however exhausted both himself and the House might be, he was resolved it should not pass without discussion, as long as he had strength to utter a word upon it. That every principle that could bind a man of honour and of conscience., ..would impel him to give the most powerful support he could, to the motion for the Abolition. But that he had waited to hear what could be the arguments of Gentlemen, oh the other side of the question, whom he conceived' to be bound, still'more strongly than himself, to vote for. the Adjournment. Colonel Tarleton said he should decline pressing; his opposition to the Adjournment. Lord Carhampton consessed it would be indecent to press for the immediate decision, and agreed therefore to the Motion of the Chancellor. of the Exchequer At half past Eleven, the House adjourned. TUESDAY, April ig. SlR William Youkg rose and said, that havTnjj the day before listened, with due attention, and he might say, with admiration, to the Speech of his Honourable Triend, he selt the presumption of any attempt to counteract the first impression on the minds and passions of the House, and he therefore had reserved his opposition to a more cool and temperate period of the Debate. He knew that the part which, with others, he was to take, would bear time and reflection, that he had the vantage-ground of sact and of argument, which he had much need to possess, while so much ability, as well as influence of situation and character, were ranged on the side of his adversaries. Truth and reason, he said, must indeed be with him, and strongly too, to warrant a single tope of success in the event of that night's Debate --Yet that hope he ventured to entertain, relying on the facts and inserences which he ...