380 REMARKS ON 



On the ground, then, of the position we occupy in 

 the world, if there were no other, we are bound 

 to use our energies and resources for the promo- 

 tion of the civilisation of Africa. 



On the soundest principles of commercial po- 

 licy, it is our interest to promote this desirable 

 object. I have before shown the value of the 

 present trade, carried on under great disadvan- 

 tages : I will now compare the demand for Bri- 

 tish goods in a free African republic partially 

 civilised, containing one million of inhabitants, 

 with the exports to Western Africa with an en- 

 slaved population of thirty millions. 



Exports to Hayti in 1834 . . . £357,297 



(Or seven shillings and twopence per mouth.) 

 Exports to Western Africa • . . . £326,483 



(Or twopence halfpenny per mouth.) 



This clearly shows what an immense field would 

 be opened to British commerce if any advance 

 was made in the civilisation of that country. 

 The Haytians have no advantages of soil or cli- 

 mate over their brethren on the coast of Africa ; 

 they are of the same race, and, I presume, have 

 the same natural abilities : but they have the 

 advantage of being able to live in peace and se- 

 curity — an advantgae which they nobly purchased 



