IMPOLICY OF THE SLAVE-TRADE. 



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church ; — how much better would it be to 

 teach them the Christian religion upon their 

 native soil, without all the miseries to which they 

 are subjected by their transportation ! 



Another opinion has also been adopted, which 

 induces the Brazilians to suspect the motives of 

 Great Britain in urging their government to 

 abolish the trade. They say it was from policy 

 alone that she abolished the slave-trade, because 

 her colonies were fully stocked ; and that now 

 she wishes to accomplish the abolition among 

 all other nations who are not so well provided 

 with labourers, that they may not rival her 

 transatlantic possessions, and ultimately surpass 

 them by the increased number of workmen. * 



* The Investigador Portuguez and the Correio Braziliense, 

 two Portuguese journals published in London, have arranged 

 themselves on the side of justice, humanity, and sound policy. 

 The former of them has been translating Dr. Thorpe's 

 pamphlet respecting the colony of Sierra Leone, and has 

 given portions of it in each number. I hope the editors will 

 be aware of the necessity of fair play, and will next proceed 

 to translate " The Special Report of the Directors of the 

 African Institution," ; n answer to the charges preferred 

 against them by Dr. Thorpe. I know no more of the matter 

 to which either of the pamphlets relate than what I have 

 gathered from them, and from Mr. Macauley's letter to 

 H. II. II. the Duke of Gloucester. But let there be fair 

 play ; let each side be heard and judged. This is due to the 

 African Institution, owing to the until now unimpeached 

 characters of its leading members. By so doing, the editors 

 of the journal would prove most decidedly their sincerity 

 in the cause of abolition. 



