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of commencing, and completing as far as she 
was concerned. It is a heart-rending reflection 
that mistaken views of interest, or the calls of 
avaricious clamour, should not only take prece- 
dence of, but actually absorb all the obligations 
of good feeling, and all the commands of the 
Most High. But we are to hope a new light 
may break in upon the councils of those who are, 
perhaps, only mistaken, or who, from some over- 
ruling necessity, are obliged to tolerate a traffic 
at which not only our nature revolts, but which 
no one has of late years had the hardihood to 
attempt a shadow of justification. 
I am persuaded that a mode of disposal of 
some of the liberated negroes similar to that 
which I adopted in the case of Corporal Harrup, 
would be attended with the most beneficial re- 
sults to Africa and the Mother Country 5 to the 
former, by affording them a strong proof of our 
good intentions towards them, and to the latter, 
by extending our commercial intercourse by 
means of these people ; who would unquestion- 
ably, not only revisit our settlements themselves, 
but would induce many of their fellow country- 
men to accompany them. I am, however, aware 
that many difficulties present themselves to the 
accomplishment of such a step : first, from the 
almost impossibility of ascertaining whether the 
