^6 petition of the.Jljaris. ^ Jri/jii,. 



meditate tne destruction of tiiis beneficial commerce, your 

 petitioners have the firmest reliance on the wisdom anj 

 fellow-feelings of the lords spiritual and temporal of Greai: 

 Britain. 



" Your petitioners know, that the truly benevolent 



will ever be consistent, that they will not sacrifice one 



part of animated nature to the preservation of another, — 

 that they will not suffer (harks to starve, in order that ne- 

 groes may be happy j yet your petitioners are apprc-* 



hensive, that the baleful influence of this philanthropic 

 mania i« already felt even withiu the walls of your lord-r 

 fliips, wherefore they crave to be hears ey counsel, at the 

 Lar of your august afsembly, when, notwithstanding the 

 wild ravings of fanaticism, they hope to evince,, that tlie 

 sustenance of {harks, and the best interests of your lord' 

 fiiips, are intimately connected with the traffic in human 

 flcfh. ■ ' 



" Fearful of becoming tedious, your petitioners have 

 only to add, that, fliould the abolition take place, which 

 the god of ftiarks avert I the prosperity of your petitioners 

 will inevitably be destroyed, and their numbers, by being 

 deprived of their accustomed food, rapidly diminiflied. — 

 But, on the other hand, ihould your lovdfiiips, in your le- 

 gislative capacity, scorn the feeling of the ^Tilgar, and nc- 

 bly interfere, either openly, or by procrastination, to pre- 

 serve this' invigorating trade from the ruin that nc.T 

 seems to await it, your petitioners, and their vade-mouthed 

 posterity, as by nature urged, will ever, ever ?rey, <L5"f-" 



EXTRACTS FROM COXfs TRAVELS. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



I Toos the following extracts from Coxe's travels into 

 Poland, Rufsia, 6v. they may perhaps recor&mthd them- 

 stlves to a place in ycur miscilxSny. 



