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objeftion to the proposed Resolution, but he considered 

 the remarks of Mr. Davis as exceedingly obje6lionable. 

 That gentleman had stated that in the Georgia Legis- 

 lature, the question of the emigration or extermination 

 of the negro had been put to the vote and lost by a tie. 

 He had read the account to which Mr. Davis referred 

 and took no notice of it. He would simply put it to 

 them whether such a question as the extermination of 

 the negro could possibly be introduced into a deliberative 

 body like the Legislature ? There was no question of 

 extermination, except the statement that if they did not 

 emigrate there would be an eventual extermination. 

 Major Walthall then read some extra6ls from American 

 papers, to show that a great deal of the negro difificulty 

 is caused by reckless talk and stump speeches. He 

 hoped that Mr. Davis would not take offence if he 

 should have unwittingly said anything amiss. 



Mr. Davis assured the speaker that he took the 

 remarks in the utmost good part. 



The Rev. A. J. Leslie brought forward his motion, of 

 which due notice had been given, to allow Wesleyan 

 Ministers to pay their subscriptions quarterly. Mr. 

 Leslie said that the Wesleyan Ministers were liable to 

 be removed at any time on a short notice, especially 

 in March, when according to the rules of the Society, 

 they would be bound to pay for the whole year, 

 while they only received the benefits of the connexion 

 for three months. 



Mr. Irwin seconded the motion,whichwasduly carried, it 

 being left to the Dire6lors to make the necessary Bye-Laws. 



In answer to a question of the Secretary. Mr. Davis 

 said that he had no names to propose for the suggested 



